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Recent Examples of misperception
There’s a common misperception that a 529 plan is an investment, but the plans usually have several options from which to select.
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Brian Boswell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
This misperception is exacerbated by the fact that only a fraction of posts with false or unverified information are checked and marked as such.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Local communities are more likely to trust and accept these organizations, mitigating the potential for local-level conflict to break out as a result of mistrust or misperception.
—Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
But its release was shadowed by the misperception that the filmmakers had contrived the Altamont spectacle.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Brian Boswell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
This misperception is exacerbated by the fact that only a fraction of posts with false or unverified information are checked and marked as such.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Local communities are more likely to trust and accept these organizations, mitigating the potential for local-level conflict to break out as a result of mistrust or misperception.
—Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
But its release was shadowed by the misperception that the filmmakers had contrived the Altamont spectacle.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for misperception
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“Misperception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misperception. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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