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misstate

[mis-stayt] / mɪsˈsteɪt /


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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

But many legal scholars, along with university lawyers and administrators, believe at least some of those free-speech assertions muddle, misstate, test or even flout the amendment, which is meant to guard against state suppression.

From New York Times ● May 1, 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

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

Notably, Colorado’s trial court rejected this line of attack years ago, because it fundamentally misstates what Boulder is trying to do.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

“What we object to is a review that misstates the plan’s contents and reaches beyond the issues the Education Code assigns to the county, all while threatening escalation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

M. Comte himself observes that the evolution of science has been accomplished by the division of labour; but he quite misstates the mode in which this division of labour has operated.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

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

The coordinated actions came after investigations into Evergrande’s financial statements for 2019 and 2020, which regulators said were materially misstated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

District Judge George Wu, misstated the law required to prove guilt, saying if Boylan “engaged in misconduct and/or acted with gross negligence,” he could be found guilty of the charge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Mrs. Begg furthermore confirmed what I also learned in Glasgow from persons conversant with those who had known every circumstance of the close of Burns's life, that Allan Cunningham has sorely misstated many matters.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

“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

Not long ago Mrs. Maud Wood Park, asserted that I was misstating the laws in suffrage states.

From Anti-Suffrage Essays by Various


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