misinterpret
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Derakhshan advises not to focus in on people's faces when presenting, as we can misinterpret their reactions.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
What’s more, it’s easy to misinterpret overpricing for part of the market as an indication that everything is a bubble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
“Users may misinterpret AI-generated content as expert guidance,” they wrote, “potentially resulting in delayed treatment, inappropriate self-care, or misplaced trust in non-validated information.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
It’s easy for students to misunderstand and misinterpret college award letters that specify the financial aid they will receive.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Mandarax had been known to garble or misinterpret quest instructions and cues, which could easily lead to fatal mistakes.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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A superintelligent AI system that ignores human goals or misinterprets commands could, naysayers say, scramble people’s bank accounts, disrupt essential water and power supplies, or take over missile-launch systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The court "misunderstands FIFRA's requirement, misinterprets the scope of FIFRA's preemption and ultimately leaves Durness without a remedy for the significant harms he has suffered."
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bentley introduced a detective who misinterprets the clues made available to the reader; his solution is proven wrong even though the same clues yield the correct answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The new research, Wen says, misinterprets these changes as caused by the core’s spin rather than to its fluctuating surface.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2023
Olly misinterprets my shiver and steps close to me to add his towel to my shoulders.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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He subsequently said his comments had been misinterpreted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The crux of his case was that prosecutors misinterpreted the law so he pleaded guilty to a crime that didn’t exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
There is also no way yet to determine whether the corals seen in the 1960s really were dead and later recovered, or whether the original survey simply misinterpreted what was there.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Academic Hesbon Owilla told the BBC the president's comments were bound to be misinterpreted, especially by people who did not have the right documentation.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Have I by any chance misinterpreted your testimony?
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Ritholtz does exactly that, running through such surefire ways to wreck your wealth as ignoring taxes, paying excessive fees, misinterpreting data, overreacting to short-term trends, and trading too much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This means geneticists will need to update their tools to avoid misinterpreting results.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2025
But the creation of Consignia led to a backlash from the public, largely due to people misinterpreting the rebrand.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
But landlord groups contend that inevitable evictions will only be delayed, since the vast majority of cases churning through the courthouses do not stem from a landlord misinterpreting the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
Since there are serious consequences to misinterpreting these statements as absolute laws, a responsible writer should insert a qualifier like on average or all things being equal, together with a slightly or somewhat.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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