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Along the way, products can be misidentified as another species or intentionally renamed to make more profit.

Maybe he was wounded, misidentified, forgetful of who he was.

If the blood sample drive produces results, some bereaved families may finally be able to bury the misidentified remains of their relatives.

It told me a vase of white peonies in my bedroom contained yellow chrysanthemums, and confidently misidentified a plate of poppadoms as tortilla chips.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified the group All Together for Seattle Schools.