misstate
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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
"Anytime someone discusses facts from memory, it is possible to inadvertently misstate details, even if small," he said.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
“He would sometimes exaggerate, sometimes misstate facts,” Russell said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Therefore, while to suppress a portion of the truth is at times wise and kind, to distort it, or misstate facts, is never needed and never excusable.
From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Mr. Burke misstates the date the Air France plane was hijacked as July 6, 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
But he misstates the timing of the ill-fated U.S. raid and muffs the mission’s actual goal: to seize two of the Somali warlord Mohamed Aidid’s lieutenants, not Aidid himself.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
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
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
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
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
Correction, April 22, 2026: This piece originally misstated that citrus canker is a viral infection.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Indeed, the phrenological school have positively misconceived and misstated the principles of cerebral development.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
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
Scrutinize my propositions closely, and see if I am guilty of misstating theirs.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
