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misread

[mis-reed] / mɪsˈrid /


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Even the material restraint—so easy to misread as austerity—proves strategic.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

“He misread the policy and he got me very excited,” she said.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Yousef Al Otaiba, the country's ambassador to the US, said suggestions that the country requires external financial backing "misread the facts".

From BBC May 6, 2026

With the stock well off its record levels, I misread that.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

He felt that he was still groping in the dark; he had chosen his path but kept looking back, wondering whether he had misread the signs, whether he should not have taken the other way.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Interest rates: Warsh has argued that the Fed misreads inflation by relying on models that treat strong growth as inflationary and on data that lags behind by months.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

But that misreads how “The Late Show” crowd operates.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2025

It did not help that a couple of misreads meant he did not get to one through ball and Alejandro Garnacho failed to react to one of his.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2023

“There were some misreads and misfires by me. Just been working on that stuff as much as possible,” Zappe said.

From Washington Times Dec. 5, 2023

Soojin quickly glances at me, but either misreads my face or ignores it.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Beyond this dispute, there sits a fundamental misreading by each side of its enemy.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

But the president may be misreading this moment.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

That is a completely ridiculous misreading of this speech.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

For investors, the risk lies in misreading this moment as cyclical belt-tightening rather than structural repositioning.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

The apparent textual anomalies are artifacts, products of misreading.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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