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misapprehend

[mis-ap-ri-hend] / ˌmɪs æp rɪˈhɛnd /


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Americans, who usually think the world revolves around economics, consistently misapprehend how revolutionaries embrace tumult.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Such proposals misapprehend the role of a judge under the Constitution and undermine public confidence in the Supreme Court and the judiciary generally.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2021

Some people misapprehend it and think of as imitation.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2021

“Arguments that it isn’t possible to live without meat—implicitly, because of the role that meat played in human evolution—dramatically misapprehend the relationship between biology and destiny,” Berson writes.

From Slate Nov. 5, 2019

But in these delicate matters, it is easy to misapprehend.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones




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