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misstate

[mis-stayt] / mɪsˈsteɪt /


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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

But many legal scholars, along with university lawyers and administrators, believe at least some of those free-speech assertions muddle, misstate, test or even flout the amendment, which is meant to guard against state suppression.

From New York Times ● May 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

Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse made a number of assertions about wastewater treatment plants that misstate the role of these facilities in the health of Puget Sound.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

To say that "'William Brown may obtain a fair trial in Greene County,' Judge Smith so ruled today," is to misstate the facts.

From The Style Book of The Detroit News by The Detroit News

Notably, Colorado’s trial court rejected this line of attack years ago, because it fundamentally misstates what Boulder is trying to do.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

“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

I assume this as possible because Borrow misstates the age of his boy friend in Lavengro.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter

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

Correction, April 21, 2026: This piece originally misstated that Maska left NewsNation after the 2024 election was decided.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

The amiable New York Tribune, chuckling over a false rumor that you were denied its further use, has misstated the facts.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“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

Surely I am not misstating its position when I say that forcible suppression was the creed of this Commission.

From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann




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