misstate

Example Sentences

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"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.

From BBC • May 10, 2024

Several studies and reports have identified tests that misstate or exaggerate the risks of those problems.

From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse made a number of assertions about wastewater treatment plants that misstate the role of these facilities in the health of Puget Sound.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

He is still liable to misstate, misstep, mishandle.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

"Or if they are," he went on, "you misstate the cause, deliberately, as I believe."

From The Mayor of Warwick by Hopkins, Herbert M. (Herbert Müller)