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mislead

[mis-leed] / mɪsˈlid /


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This case was "about whether corporations can mislead consumers about what happens to their personal information without facing meaningful consequences. New Mexico stood its ground," Torrez said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The technology might still eliminate jobs, manipulate or mislead users, or automate away forms of expression that used to be exclusively human.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

“The passage of Senate Bill 1159 is an important step to clarify the law and discourage the use of emerging technologies to falsify public records and mislead regulators in California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, rejected those allegations, writing Wednesday that her financing applications were aboveboard and made no attempt to mislead lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

I asked him to explain more fully, so that I might not by any chance mislead him, so he said:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

One major reason is fraud, where one party intentionally misleads the other before the agreement is signed, causing the other party to enter the contract based on false information.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

"It's clearly useful in many ways. But where it then misleads people to have false expectations... is where perhaps regulation needs to step in."

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Unions say the Freedom Foundation misleads workers by using union colors and logos to make the mail seem as if it is coming from the union itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

Elon Musk, who founded xAI, opposes OpenAI’s restructuring plan because he believes it veers away from the company’s founding principles and misleads investors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

Gen. Lee gives thanks to God “for a great victory;” and he never misleads, never exaggerates.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones

Musk has only just settled the lawsuits from all the angry people who say they were misled.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

"The State Bar should investigate whether Ms. Zacharia has misled the public about her credentials," she added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The barrister said that if any substance was covertly administered, or if Farquhar was misled about what he was drinking prior to his death, there would be "no dispute" that Field is guilty of murder.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

However, Panorama has uncovered new evidence suggesting the court was misled, in a joint investigation with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

"I am sorry, Sancho, that you feel I have misled you," his master told him.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Athene told the Journal the annuity performed exceptionally well and called the stock comparison misleading.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Any suggestion his earnings came entirely from supported accommodation "would be misleading", he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Semisch wishes that May had fact-checked some of the misleading claims by the right, but she praises the series’ subtlety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, reports of AI systems misleading users, working together, or appearing to pursue independent goals are becoming increasingly common.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

After all, fiction can be dangerously misleading or distracting.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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