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misstate

[mis-steyt] / 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

“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

Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse made a number of assertions about wastewater treatment plants that misstate the role of these facilities in the health of Puget Sound.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2021

But this is wilfully to misstate the matter.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

“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

The opinion piece by Christopher Kirk misstates the purpose of House Bill 1782.

From Seattle Times Feb. 11, 2022

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

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

Correction, July 7, 2026: This article originally misstated that Kleban founded the Maine Brewing Company.

From Slate Jul. 7, 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

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

The administration alleges that Cook engaged in mortgage fraud, misstating certain details on mortgage documents before she joined the Fed.

From Barron's Jan. 21, 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

She was arrested two years later on charges she defrauded the bank by misstating the amount of customers the startup had and was convicted in March.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Your ship being destroyed, you have no longer any possible interest in misstating the truth.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes




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