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misuse

[mis-yoos, mis-yooz] / mɪsˈjus, mɪsˈjuz /




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It does not scorn God or faith, but the misuse of both by petty manipulators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Thus, rapid advances in frontier models are likely a crucial way to curb offensive cyberattacks and many other dangers from human misuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Noem was summoned before Congress over those scandals and others, including her alleged misuse of government funds on television advertisements and private luxury jets.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Chinese AI cybersecurity tool Artex said it stopped programmers from accessing its source code, acknowledging misuse by "bad actors" after South Korea linked it to several recent bank hacks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Context will always guard the realm of the intimate from public misuse.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Under current law, queries are reported annually to Congress so misuses of the program are identified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Yet one doesn’t need an AI bot to explain why Grammarly’s stunt has to rank among the sleaziest misuses of AI technology yet to appear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

"It misuses the gravity and impact of terrorism to expand it beyond those clear boundaries, to encompass further conduct that is already criminal under the law," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025

Recently, she’s chronicled on X the expulsion of New York Republican George Santos, who was booted from the House following a searing ethics report detailing misuses of campaign funds.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024

Is has four perfectly distinct meanings in English, besides misuses of the word.

From The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll by Various

In another case, the audit found that a high-ranking law enforcement officer misused confidential databases to look up family members and other employees without legitimate business purposes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

A reporter on the Times, John Clare, discovered that another charity for which Archer worked alleged he had misused expenses with claims for meals at posh London restaurants.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

After she stepped down, she declined to be interviewed but has previously denied allegations of misused funds or an improper relationship with a member of her security team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

If you were found to have acted recklessly with her money or investments, engaged in self-dealing, or otherwise misused estate or trust assets, you could face serious legal consequences.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Regression analysis, which attempts to relate the values of quantity X to those of quantity Y, is a very important tool in statistics but is frequently misused.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

In recent years authorities in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Botswana have also issued warnings against misusing the national currencies.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

A Lufkin officer was indicted Aug. 24 on 100 counts of misusing official information, which Abbott cited as a concerning development during a Friday radio interview.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

And recent reporting by the Washington Post uncovered at least 50 instances nationwide in which law enforcement officials were accused of misusing their access to the cameras, largely to stalk former romantic partners or citizens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

AI companies add safeguards to prevent hackers from misusing their products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Grandma always brings up her younger sister Betsy’s misfortune as a warning to me about misusing my gift.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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