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misread

[mis-reed] / mɪsˈrid /


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If you routinely misread or ignore social cues — or tend to act impulsively — that’s a potential red flag.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

With rain lashing down in Pennsylvania, both players took two of the next six holes before Leng Jr misread a putt on the 12th to hand his opponent a three-hole lead.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

I wait for another minute, just to be sure I hadn’t misread Day’s exit.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

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

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

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

That is a completely ridiculous misreading of this speech.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 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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