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misunderstand

[mis-uhn-der-stand] / ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd /


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On a recent episode of What Next, host Mary Harris spoke to Pulido about what Democrats misunderstand about South Texas and whether he’s singing the right tune for Congress.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Hopefully Hollywood won’t misunderstand the lesson in those projects’ success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

They misunderstand the proper role of an economic system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Nvidia remains undervalued by investors, perhaps because they misunderstand the company’s true data-center dominance.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

So I hope you won’t misunderstand what I have to say.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Is she the one who is out of line and misunderstands the boundaries of marriage?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Such a view misunderstands what the court is up to in those rare instances when it has stood up to the president.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

For Barton, the red card illustrates something he believes the public still misunderstands: VAR does not eliminate the need for the referee to interpret the rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

De Zylva argues this misunderstands the point: "The purpose of the green belt isn't to be green per se, it is to be a buffer to prevent sprawl."

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

The evidence is clear: not only does della Porta echo Garzoni’s words, but he misunderstands some of the experiments he claims to have performed, and so misreports them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Israeli food isn’t the world’s only culinary melting pot, but it may be the most misunderstood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Man City have denied the claims and say the Premier League had misunderstood the sponsorship agreements.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Migraines are often misunderstood as "just a headache" despite being a neurological condition that can leave people unable to work, socialise or function in everyday life, according to a migraine expert.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

If its reach has been misunderstood, other explanations built around the traditional model may also need to be reconsidered.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Whatever I may have understood or misunderstood in the dragon’s talk, something much deeper stayed with me, became my aura.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

The results also highlighted a persistent misunderstanding surrounding the familiar hurricane "cone of uncertainty."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Many teeth from Saurichthys were once mistaken for those of an amphibian, and that misunderstanding continued well into the 20th Century," said Museum Wales curator Cindy Howells.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

This led to a public misunderstanding of her work with him, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

When he began practicing urology in the 1980s, the common misunderstanding was that testosterone injections caused prostate cancer, further suppressing research and treatment of testosterone deficiency.

From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026

Through a misunderstanding, some children reported for duty at Genoa, where no slave ships were waiting.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut


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