misrepresenting

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The union contends UC is misrepresenting who would receive the raises and by how much, arguing the examples are not representative of a membership with an average salary of $62,000.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Uber avoided paying the taxes by misrepresenting its contracts with its French drivers, according to online publication Revue21, in the US company's latest dispute in Europe over the status of its drivers.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

In the weekslong trial last year, prosecutors said that from about 2015 to 2018 the defendants took millions in profits while misrepresenting the performance of GPB funds and the source of investors’ monthly dividends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Still, it’s bothersome that a world-famous abuser was among the cohort who’ve been misreading and misrepresenting Nabokov’s “love affair with the English language” since its release.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Later editions of her Surinam book were needlessly reorganized according to different classification systems, garbling and misrepresenting her findings.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman