misstate
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"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
Benioff has ranted that large language models, which underpin generative AI, steal business data and “lie” when they misstate facts, implicitly underscoring the need for an intermediary.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 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
“If I misstate that two plus two equals five, you can correct me. But you shouldn’t convict me. I hope she can return home safely.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
With scarcely an exception, the business of romances is to make good bad, and bad good; to misplace and misstate events, falsify characters, and mislead readers.
From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Hester Chapone
“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
The opinion piece by Christopher Kirk misstates the purpose of House Bill 1782.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
This is regarded as the best history of Russia extant, though it notoriously misstates many facts in order to flatter the imperial house and sustain its absolute authority.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
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 21, 2026: This piece originally misstated that Maska left NewsNation after the 2024 election was decided.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
Court Judge George Wu, misstated the law required to prove guilt, saying if Boylan “engaged in misconduct and/or acted with gross negligence,” he could be found guilty of the charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
It supplies us with an admirable illustration of what was asserted in the beginning, namely, that an error is but a truth misstated, either by excess or defect.
From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by W. R. Washington Sullivan
“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
She was arrested two years later on charges she defrauded the bank by misstating the amount of customers the startup had and was convicted in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Scrutinize my propositions closely, and see if I am guilty of misstating theirs.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
