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If any leader were to take a vote to put them in office for some temporary period of time to be a total transfer of power from the people to them, they will fundamentally misunderstand democracy, and if we allow them to do that, they will fundamentally destroy democracy.

From Slate

What people often misunderstand is that you have been watching a player who is playing a certain way, and functioning well in a well-functioning team.

From BBC

"It’s important that, so that people don’t misunderstand that, that I am true to my wife."

From BBC

Still, she was worried she would misunderstand something or say the wrong thing.

But many early dismissals of Amy Adams and Marielle Heller’s new film seem to misunderstand why it might resonate with women.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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