mislead
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Among its claims, the county alleged the oil companies engaged in a conspiracy to mislead the public and violated consumer protection rules by mischaracterizing the dangers of their products.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
He added that that U.S. used subterfuge to mislead the Iranians who were searching for the downed aviator.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
“I don’t think the administration has sought to mislead, but one does get the sense that they are building the aircraft mid-flight.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Senior officers did not intentionally mislead the committee over AI generated intelligence, but demonstrated a "remarkable lack of professional curiosity", said the report.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Occasionally, focussing on a linguistic alteration can mislead us into thinking that something important has happened when it hasn’t, or that something happened at a particular moment when it actually happened earlier.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing mislead
Fake It 'Til You Make It: Synonyms for "False"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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