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misstate

[mis-stayt] / mɪsˈsteɪt /


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He also said that supporters of parent-notification policies misstate or misunderstand the parent-teacher relationship that exists in practice and under state law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

"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

“It’s only those who don’t take the time to read it who will misstate it,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

It is true, that wherever the interest of a witness is involved, it has an immediate tendency to make him misstate facts: but so would personal ill-will—so would his sympathies—so would any strong feeling.

From A Voyage to the Moon by George Tucker

“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

But he misstates the timing of the ill-fated U.S. raid and muffs the mission’s actual goal: to seize two of the Somali warlord Mohamed Aidid’s lieutenants, not Aidid himself.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

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

A person is guilty of this fault whenever he misstates an opponent's argument, either because he does not understand it or through design, and then refutes this misstatement.

From Practical Argumentation by George K. Pattee

Correction An earlier version misstated the ratio of ‘transgender-related diagnoses’ to diabetes cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

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

It was one who could have no object in misstating the fact—which you have not denied.

From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe


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