misrepresent

Example Sentences

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She had no intention to misquote or misrepresent the rulings and that "the mistake occurred solely due to the reliance on an automatic source", the high court wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

It is another to misrepresent the principal source of threat.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2026

The uptick is related to the use of AI by bad actors to misrepresent their income, Wickett said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

But almost immediately, those posts are flooded with comments and reposts that pollute, misrepresent and even attempt to discredit the alert, inadvertently fueling misinformation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Facts are made in the image not of people, who misremember, misquote and misrepresent, but of books, immutable but mobile.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton