misleading

Example Sentences

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This isn’t the first time Kars4Kids has faced accusations of misleading listeners.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a vast bribery scheme.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

This is why the current debate about “onshoring” can be dangerously misleading.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

"We don't judge ads based on whether they contain AI. We judge them on whether they're misleading or likely to be harmful," Adam Davison, the ASA's director of data science, tells BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

He reiterated his claim, simultaneously sincere and misleading, that he had been embarrassed to learn that he had become a candidate for the presidency.

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