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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

"Anytime someone discusses facts from memory, it is possible to inadvertently misstate details, even if small," he said.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 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

He was able to misstate his antagonist's position so shrewdly as to deceive the very elect.

From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Ketcham

“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

Even with access to the latest online information, it still misstates facts and generates misinformation.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

The Commissioners' Table misstates the relationships of the various Sciences.

From Practical Essays by Alexander Bain

A previous version of this report misstated the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

An earlier version of this article misstated the estimated valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The coordinated actions came after investigations into Evergrande’s financial statements for 2019 and 2020, which regulators said were materially misstated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Correction, April 22, 2026: This piece originally misstated that citrus canker is a viral infection.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

An examination of this map shows us that distances, areas, and heights, have been repeatedly misstated, the minor cones misplaced, and the trend of the coast line misrepresented.

From Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by G. F. Rodwell

An AI double with a supervisory role could create legal headaches by misstating employment rules, for instance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

“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

That report was widely criticized for misattribution and misstating the conclusions of the studies it cited.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 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

It is noteworthy that his opponents never charged him with misstating their case in order to make an apparently effective answer to it.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume I by John T. (John Torrey) Morse


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