misdate

Example Sentences

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No one asked to confirm the date of his death - which the book misdated by a year.

From Washington Times

No one asked to confirm the date of his death — which the book misdated by a year.

From Seattle Times

Just last month, Fleming and Stern realized they had misdated a tape labeled “Electric Rock Symphony,” assuming it was a 1970s demo for “Metal Machine Music.”

From New York Times

The original letter — long thought lost — in which Galileo Galilei first set down his arguments against the church’s doctrine that the Sun orbits the Earth has been discovered in a misdated library catalogue in London.

From Nature

His latest analysis, Lie in the Sky, accuses Russia of using misinterpretation, misidentification, misdating and modification of satellite imagery to twist the facts when accused of hitting civilian targets such as hospitals and schools.

From BBC