misconstruction
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But the venture of projecting an album into the future — especially one centered on climate catastrophe — can face its own set of preconceived expectations that can lead to misconstruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Yale historian Matthew Frye Jacobson told the Times, in a story that was otherwise a whitewash of Lukianoff’s FIRE, that the organization’s spin and the media coverage were “a complete misconstruction of what happened.”
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2019
Arguably this is a misconstruction of the county prerogative.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2017
Faulkner later called this comment “foolish” and “more a misconstruction than a misquotation.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2015
His retreat from the steps, which was really characteristic of the man, is open to misconstruction.
From At Large by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
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