misstate

"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

“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

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

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

For example, in a meeting when a person misstates something she has said, she interjects and clarifies what she meant.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 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From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter

Correction, Aug. 4, 2026: This article originally misstated that Hong is the Madison mayor.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

“EBR Systems Clears Stock Overhang With Capital Raise — Market Talk,” at 0035 GMT, misstated the amount as 0.38 Australian cents a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

You will not suppose, from anything contained in the answer to my Memorial, that I had misstated any part of the first answer.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Jared Sparks

The bank terminated Bodner in May 2024, claiming he violated policy by using a company card for a home party and misstating the expense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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 for misstating the conclusions of the studies it cited.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 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

No; but as the next sentence states, "because they are convicted of misstating facts," under the influence of this erroneous medical theory.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Francis William Newman