misstatement
Example Sentences
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The report expressed concern about audit findings that identified “significant deficiencies in internal control ... that leave the district’s assets susceptible to misstatement, theft, or fraud.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Prosecutors alleged this technical misstatement was a federal crime punishable by up to 60 years in prison.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
Her lawyers say any misstatement in her mortgage papers was, at worst, an inadvertent paperwork error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
“Is it your position that if one property is overvalued by $300 million and another property is undervalued by $300 million it balances out and there’s no misstatement or fraud?”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
He would not attempt to grapple with that which rested altogether upon a gross misstatement of the principles and views of the Abolitionists.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
