misidentify
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To talk about the high cost of housing, however, is to misidentify the problem.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
"We've found that many respondents misidentify a warning as a watch, which means conditions are favorable for a tornado," Armstrong said.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
GAO said it took pains not to misidentify fraud and, if anything, erred on the side of caution, perhaps missing actual fraud.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
"Why lie about this and why misidentify the payment if it was legal? And second, your response to that theory of the case?"
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023
Plus, many people misidentify butterflies, notes Sarabia, so a guide can help you safely spot them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
Ebola had previously been seen in the central African Democratic Republic of Congo, not in west Africa and it was initially misidentified as lassa fever, gastroenteritis or cholera.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
May 18, 2026: A headline on this story initially misidentified the island where the fire is burning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
An earlier version of this report misidentified the titles of Vital Lyfe’s founders.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
One of the claimants, Thompson, was misidentified by LFR.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Then, in the 1980s, local divers stumbled upon it but misidentified it as a Dutch merchant ship.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
The research suggests that the brain may be misidentifying internally generated thoughts as sounds coming from the outside world.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
“Silver prices fluctuate, but misidentifying items can cost far more than waiting for a slightly better spot price.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok churned out misinformation about Australia's Bondi Beach mass shooting, misidentifying a key figure who saved lives and falsely claiming that a victim staged his injuries, researchers said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
Couples with "baskets of bottled beer and blankets", children wildly misidentifying pigeons and press photographers resignedly legging it around the grass in an attempt to get their shot all added to the chaos.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
According to the AP report, in a 2005 oral history for AP’s corporate archives Robinson made no mention of misidentifying the photo and gave no indication of uncertainty whether Ut took the photo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
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