misstate
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Rumanes’ lawsuit describes a “culture of deception” at Live Nation, saying its “basic business model was to misstate and exaggerate financial figures in efforts to solicit and secure business.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
But many legal scholars, along with university lawyers and administrators, believe at least some of those free-speech assertions muddle, misstate, test or even flout the amendment, which is meant to guard against state suppression.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
“He would sometimes exaggerate, sometimes misstate facts,” Russell said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
The accounts are positive; and I would not lightly place my unsupported testimony to the fact against a host of authors who can be suspected of no motive to misstate.
From The Dog by Dinks
Mr. Burke misstates the date the Air France plane was hijacked as July 6, 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Nikola said Milton's social media post "misstates the facts," adding in a statement to Reuters that the proposal to increase its share base could pass without his support.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2023
“Bauer does not present any compelling argument as to why Thiagarajah’s using a synonym of the court’s own language misstates the court’s findings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
“This report is incorrect and misstates FTC guidance — ads in Amazon’s store always include a clear and prominent ‘sponsored’ label, implemented in accordance with FTC guidelines,” she said in an emailed statement.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
A person is guilty of this fault whenever he misstates an opponent's argument, either because he does not understand it or through design, and then refutes this misstatement.
From Practical Argumentation by George K. Pattee
Correction, Aug. 4, 2026: This article originally misstated that Hong is the Madison mayor.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
A previous version of this report misstated the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
The coordinated actions came after investigations into Evergrande’s financial statements for 2019 and 2020, which regulators said were materially misstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Correction, April 22, 2026: This piece originally misstated that citrus canker is a viral infection.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
But there may be formal error, or error of statement, even where there is substantial truth; for the truth may be overstated, or understated, or misstated, and a false expression given to a true observation.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
Rosie is especially charming company, misstating her mother’s most crucial instruction as “trust your insects.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Santander’s decision to broadly market its new stated-income policy, even to dealers with a history of misstating income, led to a significant spike in the number of early payment defaults.”
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
In the courtroom, government lawyers actually told Judge Howell that these officials “don’t necessarily understand” legal “terms of art” like reasonable suspicion and probable cause and that they were just misstating the policy.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2025
If you think of immigrants as labor only, you are misstating the point.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
You are probably misstating it when you say that you do notPg 26 "hear" it when you "limp"; it seems more likely to me that you do not listen.
From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Josef Hofmann
