misconstruction

Example Sentences

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The three-judge panel said “the central operative terms” of the Trump rule “hinged on a fundamental misconstruction” of the Clean Air Act.

From Washington Post

The Trump administration had cited a “fundamental misconstruction” of the Clean Air Act in carrying out the rollback, the U.S.

From Seattle Times

Arguably this is a misconstruction of the county prerogative.

From Washington Times

Matthew Frye Jacobson, a professor of American studies, history and African-American studies at Yale, said that FIRE’s spin, and the subsequent storm of media coverage, was “a complete misconstruction of what happened.”

From New York Times

Faulkner later called this comment “foolish” and “more a misconstruction than a misquotation.”

From New York Times