misread

Example Sentences

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I’ve misread this category so thoroughly this year they could open the envelope, say the name of an actor not even nominated and I would think, “Yes! Of course!”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

It won’t misread a macro data print because it slept poorly or broke up with someone last night.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

He initially tried to explain the incorrect date by claiming someone had misread his handwriting.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

He concedes, quite ruefully, that in his coverage of war-torn Syria he utterly misread the malevolence of Bashar al-Assad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

A lot of his time was spent denying it, convincing himself he misread Hunter’s words and most of all his look.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison