misread
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In 2022 a whistleblower from the Southern Health Trust contacted BBC News about fears that women's smear tests had been misread by screeners with some going on to develop cancer.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“He misread the policy and he got me very excited,” she said.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
With the stock well off its record levels, I misread that.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
I’ve misread this category so thoroughly this year they could open the envelope, say the name of an actor not even nominated and I would think, “Yes! Of course!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Working without a single hard fact, islanders drew a variety of conclusions: pilot error, pilot inexperience, misread charts, crossed signals, fog, wind, tide, ineptitude.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing misread
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