as in to misstate
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Recent Examples of misspeak
These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death.
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The Kremlin’s propaganda often uses instances of Biden misspeaking as proof of his ineptitude as the man in charge of Ukraine’s top military backer.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 12 July 2024
Elsewhere, Claude and Angot’s mother, who had Christine out of wedlock and fought to get her father to recognize his child in a legal sense, are both similarly upbraided for misspeaking about Christine’s trauma in subtle ways, or for not being sympathetic in the right way.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
People are just supposed to like you — you’re not supposed to misspeak, look fat, date the wrong person, have your makeup look a different color.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2022
Dear Annie: Here is another perspective on the hyperaccurate person who corrects everyone who misspeaks.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 19 May 2020
In interviews, some voters said Mr. Gantz reminded them of Yitzhak Rabin, who also could misspeak and appear embarrassed when facing the news media.
—David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2019
The fact is that Donald Trump, as someone who misspeaks constantly, deliberately, through lack of knowledge, through lies, other kinds of problems, is the standard that whoever is the Democratic nominee is going to run against.
—NBC News, 1 Sep. 2019
Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
The Kremlin’s propaganda often uses instances of Biden misspeaking as proof of his ineptitude as the man in charge of Ukraine’s top military backer.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 12 July 2024
Elsewhere, Claude and Angot’s mother, who had Christine out of wedlock and fought to get her father to recognize his child in a legal sense, are both similarly upbraided for misspeaking about Christine’s trauma in subtle ways, or for not being sympathetic in the right way.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
People are just supposed to like you — you’re not supposed to misspeak, look fat, date the wrong person, have your makeup look a different color.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2022
Dear Annie: Here is another perspective on the hyperaccurate person who corrects everyone who misspeaks.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 19 May 2020
In interviews, some voters said Mr. Gantz reminded them of Yitzhak Rabin, who also could misspeak and appear embarrassed when facing the news media.
—David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2019
The fact is that Donald Trump, as someone who misspeaks constantly, deliberately, through lack of knowledge, through lies, other kinds of problems, is the standard that whoever is the Democratic nominee is going to run against.
—NBC News, 1 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misspeak
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Correction: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misstated the name of the hospital where Lindsay Clancy is being treated.John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
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An earlier version of this article misstated Emily Busch’s position.Chuck Todd, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
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This gets problematic because managers often rubber stamp membership reviews and the roles are misinterpreted by applications and services alike.Atul Tulshibagwale, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The call saw the two generals discuss Russian naval operations, with Gerasimov giving Brown an advance warning of Russian drills in the Mediterranean Sea, so that U.S. ships and other NATO forces would not misinterpret them as an act of aggression.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Altered video misrepresents 2018 segment of Maddow's show The video in the Instagram post shows a risque meme Musk shared on his X social media platform about being tempted to purchase MSNBC.Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Baldwin on Sunday described herself as the only candidate who would not cut the program, while Hovde has accused her of misrepresenting his position on the matter.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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That would distort the market by essentially requiring any startup seeking to remain competitive to adopt the same playbook.Alex Heath, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2024
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But Headland’s play distinguishes itself from the others by investigating these confrontations alongside pride: How does this sin, defined by blinding self-absorption and lack of humility, distort the Dahls’ love?Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Those calls were sparked by the president’s poor debate performance against Trump on June 27, where Biden often garbled his words and lost his train of thought.Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 July 2024
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The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
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Even without absorbing the northern neighbor into the U.S. or getting his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records overturned, Trump should have little trouble entering Canada.Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Trump, who was found guilty in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has denied any wrongdoing.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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The agency also states to cook poultry, eggs and beef to a safe internal temperature in order to kill bacteria and viruses.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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With the pan about six inches from the source of heat, cook the meatballs until browned.Nicole Hopper, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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Putin’s constant lies and dissembling undermined his credibility to international interlocutors, such as President Emmanuel Macron of France.Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2022
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Pushing back on reporters, at the time Scher often dissembled and appeared to brush aside concerns about what was clearly an increasingly out-of-control situation.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 July 2024
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“Misspeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspeak. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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