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misinterpret

[mis-in-tur-prit] / ˌmɪs ɪnˈtɜr prɪt /




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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

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

Jill is at first in disbelief that anyone — especially those close to her — might misinterpret her so egregiously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

So much comes into my head at night when I’m alone, or during the day when I’m obliged to put up with people I can’t abide or who invariably misinterpret my intentions.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

Like many of her straight male comedian counterparts, she misinterprets their attention as flirting.

From Salon ● May 27, 2022

Olly misinterprets my shiver and steps close to me to add his towel to my shoulders.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

He later said his remarks had been misinterpreted, but the comments had already become a rallying cry for young people seeking change.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

There is also no way yet to determine whether the corals seen in the 1960s really were dead and later recovered, or whether the original survey simply misinterpreted what was there.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

“It’s still an evolution, but iterations thanks to technology development are going so fast that it may be misinterpreted as a revolutionary approach,” said Gen. Michael Claesson, Sweden’s chief of defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

She later said the comments had been misinterpreted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The fugitives were always clawed back, betrayed by friends, they misinterpreted the stars and ran deeper into the labyrinth of bondage.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

However, California State Parks said that plaintiffs’ attorneys are misinterpreting that passage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

As rambling as it can be, misinterpreting “Die My Love” as anything other than Lawrence’s is impossible.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

Since there are serious consequences to misinterpreting these statements as absolute laws, a responsible writer should insert a qualifier like on average or all things being equal, together with a slightly or somewhat.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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