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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

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

"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

Now to make the judgment itself and not the consequent action the instrumental factor seems to me to misstate the facts of the case.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

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

“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

An article on Page 4 this weekend about the physical and emotional risks theater performers face misstates the name of an organization helping to shape performances of physical contact onstage.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2022

He misstates it thus: "To such laws of the church as have warrant in holy scripture, our law giveth credence," and cites Prisot, mistranslating "ancien scripture" into holy scripture.

From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by George Jacob Holyoake

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

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

But there may be formal error, or error of statement, even where there is substantial truth; for the truth may be overstated, or understated, or misstated, and a false expression given to a true observation.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

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

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

If you think of immigrants as labor only, you are misstating the point.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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


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