as in to mistype
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Recent Examples of misclassify
In 2013, two corporate executives were ordered to spend four to six months in jail for falsifying records to misclassify their salaries as expenses under their employer's larger bribery and fraud scheme.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Under the policy, the Labor Department can take action against companies that misclassify their workers.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Labor advocates have supported the rule, saying employers have exploited lax rules to misclassify workers and avoid properly compensating them.
—Jonathan Mattise, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
The Labor Department said the rule would boost enforcement against businesses that misclassify workers as contractors to save money.
—Harold Maass, theweek, 10 Jan. 2024
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Under the policy, the Labor Department can take action against companies that misclassify their workers.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
Labor advocates have supported the rule, saying employers have exploited lax rules to misclassify workers and avoid properly compensating them.
—Jonathan Mattise, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
The Labor Department said the rule would boost enforcement against businesses that misclassify workers as contractors to save money.
—Harold Maass, theweek, 10 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misclassify
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Attackers register domains nearly identical to popular sites, relying on users to mistype URLs.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Correction: Arkansas' team ERA was initially mistyped and has been corrected.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
7 Apr. 2025
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That lumps the technology together with AI and high-performance computing rather than focusing squarely on the radical new computing model.—
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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An over-reliance on lumping in crosses to create chances will do that.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Misclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misclassify. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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