as in misrepresentation
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as in to distort
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreport
Verb
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Cheaper wheat and lower manufacturing costs should have distorted that comparison quite a bit.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025 -
But also, an aid package announced too soon has the potential to distort markets, said Glauber, the former USDA economist.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Legal And Compliance Risks Defamatory content, misinformation or misleading claims can lead to legal challenges, including defamation lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny.—
Scott Keever,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Carr has repeatedly expressed interest in the complaint over 60 Minutes, which alleged that CBS misled viewers by airing two different responses to the same question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one on 60 Minutes and the other on Face the Nation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s been some controversy and misinformation about hormone therapy over the last two decades; because of this, many women may not get guidance from their doctors on it.—
Erica Sweeney,
SELF,
21 Mar. 2025
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But at a time when misinformation spreads rapidly and media credibility is under siege, news organizations must take deliberate steps to reinforce their value.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Don’t deceive the viewer—embrace the novelty!—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In a show characterized by backstabbing and manipulation, Trachtenberg's character always went to the next level, deceiving and controlling her peers by drugging, seducing, and misleading them with a duplicitous pregnancy.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An outside investigation tied a Union County elected official to a controversial social media account accused of spreading lies.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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Over the course of the game, hosted by the charming Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick), the cash changed hands a few times, lies were told, innocent people were voted out, and tears were shed.—
Jillian Sederholm,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the ComEd Four case, the four defendants were convicted for falsifying books and records, not any bribery of foreign officials that the law originally sought to punish, the defense pointed out in asking Shah last month to stay the proceedings.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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She was sentenced in October 2014 to 15 months in prison after striking a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to plead guilty to mail, wire and bank fraud for falsifying statements on loan applications.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Immigration advocates, attorneys and civil litigators are warning against the normalization of federal agents concealing their faces while detaining nonviolent students.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The real debate was, of course, little different — except that millions of Americans could now see in real time what Biden’s intimate associates had been concealing from them for many months.—
Fintan O’Toole,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Omitting such differences, however, can sometimes be decisive in invalidating the final evaluation, which can lead to systematic distortions in reasoning, influencing the resulting judgments and decisions.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Misreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreport. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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