misstate

"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.

From BBC ● May 10, 2024

“When you misstate or frame statistics in a manner that support your view ...” Moore paused, then concluded his thought.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

“He would sometimes exaggerate, sometimes misstate facts,” Russell said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

One way to shift some of the debt burden onto institutions, Hornsby said, would be to seek "civil penalties for institutions that intentionally misstate student outcomes in order to increase enrollment."

From Salon ● May 8, 2021

These observations are germane, and worthy consideration because commercialism and the endeavor to produce big sellers are always an influence to overstate, misstate, and be extravagant in the praise of a volume.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock

“What we object to is a review that misstates the plan’s contents and reaches beyond the issues the Education Code assigns to the county, all while threatening escalation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Mr. Burke misstates the date the Air France plane was hijacked as July 6, 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Nikola said Milton's social media post "misstates the facts," adding in a statement to Reuters that the proposal to increase its share base could pass without his support.

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2023

For example, in a meeting when a person misstates something she has said, she interjects and clarifies what she meant.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

M. Comte himself observes that the evolution of science has been accomplished by the division of labour; but he quite misstates the mode in which this division of labour has operated.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

Correction An earlier version misstated the ratio of ‘transgender-related diagnoses’ to diabetes cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

A previous version of this report misstated the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Correction, July 7, 2026: This article originally misstated that Kleban founded the Maine Brewing Company.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Correction, April 22, 2026: This piece originally misstated that citrus canker is a viral infection.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

The letter may have been manipulated, but it is not improbable that rumors, "exaggerated by enmity or misstated by malice," as Oldys confesses, elicited some such outburst from Thetford.*

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway

Rosie is especially charming company, misstating her mother’s most crucial instruction as “trust your insects.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Santander’s decision to broadly market its new stated-income policy, even to dealers with a history of misstating income, led to a significant spike in the number of early payment defaults.”

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026

The administration alleges that Cook engaged in mortgage fraud, misstating certain details on mortgage documents before she joined the Fed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

In the courtroom, government lawyers actually told Judge Howell that these officials “don’t necessarily understand” legal “terms of art” like reasonable suspicion and probable cause and that they were just misstating the policy.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2025

Your ship being destroyed, you have no longer any possible interest in misstating the truth.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes