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misrepresent

[mis-rep-ri-zent] / ˌmɪs rɛp rɪˈzɛnt /


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“Alibaba is not a Chinese military company nor part of any military-civil fusion strategy. We will take all available legal action against attempts to misrepresent our company,” a company spokesperson said.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Its hundreds of vessels use methods like spoofing their location signals and transferring oil at sea to misrepresent the origins of their cargoes and avoid getting caught.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute said the ad campaign used “selective audio and video” to misrepresent the former president’s address.

From Salon Dec. 2, 2025

Behm notes she’d even say naturalized citizens should be fine too, as long as they didn’t misrepresent themselves when applying for naturalization.

From Slate May 26, 2025

Both versions misrepresent what, in all likelihood, really happened.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.

From MarketWatch Apr. 3, 2026

To suggest otherwise "fundamentally misrepresents" the education landscape and the dedication of workers, it added.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2025

The problem, of course, is that he misrepresents reality to do so.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2025

The company, he said, misrepresents how safe the platform is to both its users and shareholders.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2025

“Freddie never lies. He misrepresents, but he never lies.”

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model,” claiming that she was manipulated and misrepresented in the series.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

He caught seven quotes attributed to previous court rulings that either did not appear in the original decisions or had been misrepresented.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

The law was used by the Justice Department after the 2008 financial crisis to prosecute cases where it alleged that banks had misrepresented the quality of the mortgage-backed securities that led to the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

“IULs are not inherently bad, but it’s misrepresented, sometimes fraudulently,” said Bill Boersma, a life-insurance expert who consulted on Busch’s case.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

Perhaps they felt as helpless as I did, but they left New Orleans misrepresented to the world.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

But environmental groups have accused his companies of misrepresenting their assets to avoid paying environmental penalties.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

The union contends UC is misrepresenting who would receive the raises and by how much, arguing the examples are not representative of a membership with an average salary of $62,000.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Prosecutors said that Milton made repeated statements exaggerating or misrepresenting the capabilities of the company and its products.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

However, he has accused Lord Mandelson of lying throughout the process and misrepresenting the extent of their relationship.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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