misinterpret
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But some users find that much like the models they’re built on—which can hallucinate, misinterpret or even commit spontaneous acts of cybercrime—their assistants, too, can behave unpredictably.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Derakhshan advises not to focus in on people's faces when presenting, as we can misinterpret their reactions.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It’s easy for students to misunderstand and misinterpret college award letters that specify the financial aid they will receive.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Did “Walter Bloomberg” merely misinterpret a Fox News clip?
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2025
He is quick to sense slight or insult in things others say, and frequently may misinterpret well-meant communications.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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A superintelligent AI system that ignores human goals or misinterprets commands could, naysayers say, scramble people’s bank accounts, disrupt essential water and power supplies, or take over missile-launch systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The court "misunderstands FIFRA's requirement, misinterprets the scope of FIFRA's preemption and ultimately leaves Durness without a remedy for the significant harms he has suffered."
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bentley introduced a detective who misinterprets the clues made available to the reader; his solution is proven wrong even though the same clues yield the correct answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The new research, Wen says, misinterprets these changes as caused by the core’s spin rather than to its fluctuating surface.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2023
Olly misinterprets my shiver and steps close to me to add his towel to my shoulders.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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The crux of his case was that prosecutors misinterpreted the law so he pleaded guilty to a crime that didn’t exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Taking multiple medications increases the opportunity for a side effect to be misinterpreted as a separate diagnosis.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Several Labor ministers have jumped to Albanese's defence, saying the former envoy and the media have misinterpreted his comments.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She later said the comments had been misinterpreted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
In her childhood her father had never misinterpreted her, nor bobbled once, except when she was eleven and came home to dinner from school one day and found that her blood had begun to flow.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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Ritholtz does exactly that, running through such surefire ways to wreck your wealth as ignoring taxes, paying excessive fees, misinterpreting data, overreacting to short-term trends, and trading too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Without accurate assessment tools, policymakers, developers and users risk misinterpreting what AI systems can actually do," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
As rambling as it can be, misinterpreting “Die My Love” as anything other than Lawrence’s is impossible.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
But the creation of Consignia led to a backlash from the public, largely due to people misinterpreting the rebrand.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
The calculation is similar to the one on false positive results in drug testing, and, like it, demonstrates that misinterpreting fractions can be a matter of life and death.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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