misstate
Example Sentences
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That report was widely criticized for misattribution and for misstating the conclusions of the studies it cited.
From Barron's
The date was misstated in the Jan. 3 Declarations column, “We Could Use a Return to Gallantry.”
The efforts have faltered in court, with a grand jury earlier this month declining to indict James for allegedly misstating the intended use of a property in Norfolk, Va.
An earlier version of this article misstated the figure as 41.58 billion.
The Nov. 26 editorial “Chris Ruddy’s Paean to TV Regulation” misstated the owner.
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