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misstatement
noun as in misrepresentation
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Weak matches
Example Sentences
Additional Reuters reporting on eight years of court data found that the federal government has only rarely brought criminal charges over misstatements about primary residence in mortgage records.
Andrew Dowd, a Ventura County Fire Department public information officer, clarified an earlier misstatement that the fire was declared “contained” Monday at 6:56 p.m.
Jordan Chiles accuses the Court of Arbitration for Sport of ‘improper and newly-raised arguments as well as misstatements of fact’ in her effort to retain an Olympics bronze medal.
"If the candidates are unwilling to say anything new and provocative, the media will focus on their misstatements and artless dodges. ... Playing it safe is the most dangerous thing Harris can do."
CNN’s hosts did not intervene to correct misstatements by the candidates.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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