misstate
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Rumanes’ lawsuit describes a “culture of deception” at Live Nation, saying its “basic business model was to misstate and exaggerate financial figures in efforts to solicit and secure business.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 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
“He would sometimes exaggerate, sometimes misstate facts,” Russell said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
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
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
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
“Bauer does not present any compelling argument as to why Thiagarajah’s using a synonym of the court’s own language misstates the court’s findings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
The Commissioners' Table misstates the relationships of the various Sciences.
From Practical Essays by Alexander Bain
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
“Thus, he both misstated the purpose and location of the gathering,” the JPMorgan spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Correction, April 22, 2026: This piece originally misstated that citrus canker is a viral infection.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
What was far worse, he even mistook and misstated evidence which bore against his theories, and was quite capable of being unfair, not from dishonesty, but from prejudice.
From Problems in Greek history by John Pentland Mahaffy
“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
The efforts have faltered in court, with a grand jury earlier this month declining to indict James for allegedly misstating the intended use of a property in Norfolk, Va.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
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
Clearly, they are then convicted of misstating facts, under the influence of superstitious credulity.
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Francis William Newman
