as in misstatement
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Noun
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Ohanian used his misconstruction of employment figures as the basis for a wide-ranging critique of California economic policy, mostly citing how the high cost of living drives people out of the state.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Dec. 2024 -
This is a gross misconstruction of federal law.—
Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion (TNS),
Star Tribune,
10 Sep. 2020
Noun
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In reality, this is just a misinterpretation of a database in which the government does not have a date of death associated with certain Social Security numbers.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2025
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Far less open to misinterpretation is Plante’s painterly images, hauntingly using the water’s reflections, infinity horizon and the enormous scumbled grey sky as a physical manifestation of Munir’s turmoil.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nothing has been said officially in this regard, but perhaps some of the apparent hesitancy of coaches or Concacaf representatives to speak publicly on the matter in the immediate aftermath was based on speculation that the likely true nature of events involved some sort of misunderstanding.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Due to internal miscommunication and misunderstandings, family communication was delayed.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2025
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The reality is that operators face two key challenges: misconceptions about complexity and the fear of disruption.—
Savneet Singh,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Experts warn that this trend often highlights misconceptions about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), which research suggests affects approximately up to 5% of Americans.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Nationals are aiming for a stadium naming deal that runs at least 20 years, and a jersey patch deal with a minimum three-year term, so any miscalculation could linger.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Connecticut Mirror reported last month that the annual cost of maintaining long-term care coverage has skyrocketed for many residents due to miscalculations by insurers on how long people would live, the price of care and how many would need it.—
Jenna Carlesso,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2025
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Revealing unverified or incomplete information could hurt investigations, prejudice prosecutions, violate privacy or create misimpressions, according to the agency.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
5 June 2023
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For roughly four hours, the hearing played out as a fusillade of statistics, impressions and misimpressions, as Republicans argued that New York was a hellscape of unchecked violence and chaos — viral videos of which were shown on local news programs around the country to to prove it.—
Ginia Bellafante,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2023
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