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misread

[mis-reed] / mɪsˈrid /


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Investors misread the mood music on U.S.-Canadian trade talks, in a big way.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

In response, the media giants argued that the states had misread the market and that merging would improve streaming efficiency.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

A temporary panic flared up in May when many observers misread options activity on a filing and concluded Aschenbrenner turned bearish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

The machines still stumble, pause, misread objects and often work best in controlled environments.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

“I misread the explanation on the fund,” he said, and sighed.

From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen

Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Creative Strategies, said that misreads how consumers actually adopt technology.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025

But that misreads an endnote: As I make clear in the text, the number refers specifically to German casualties during the first three months of Operation Barbarossa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

He misreads my face and says, “Try to remember that tennis is play! Just relax and don’t think.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

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

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

But where Hwan’s Christianity is a willful, grotesque misreading of the Bible, Latif actively wrestles with his moral shortcomings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

That’s an incredibly risky midterm bet, based on a potentially fatal misreading of the data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

If that were true, astronomers could have been misreading the supernova data and incorrectly concluding that cosmic expansion was speeding up when it was actually slowing.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Then, there were indications she was misreading the actual size of the islands.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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