as in misstatement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresentation
Noun
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However, a report published at the end of 2024 found that the rise in cases may stem from misinformation and lack of information about the whooping cough vaccine, including many parents who may not know pertussis and whooping cough are the same thing.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025 -
Recent misinformation trends, however, have caused a resurgence in people seeking out and consuming raw dairy.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The second historical distortion involves changes in U.S. trade policies.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
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The music signal is monitored in real time to reduce the possibility of distortion.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Akasha looked up the drug online and read that a single dose was equivalent to 300 hits of acid—an exaggeration, but one that got his attention.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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At least from speaking with him upon his arrival in Kansas City for rookie camp, that didn’t seem to be an exaggeration.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2025
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But to see American history as simply a narrative of heroism would be a lie unbecoming a great nation.—
James T. Kloppenberg,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Like it or not, businesses and thought leaders operate in an information ecosystem where willful lies and concocted conspiracies are amplified by algorithms.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Elon Musk spread a falsehood that large numbers of undocumented immigrants are getting Social Security benefits.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025
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The Context The growth in measles cases comes as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers an inconsistent message about measles and pushes falsehoods about the measles vaccine.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The basic essentials of your life – electricity, food and water – must be in place to afford the privilege of propagating or believing untruths.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The writer’s task is the sculpting of these untruths into a work of art, into a cohesive story that suspends the readers’ belief, gently ushers them into the imaginary and holds them there.—
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim,
The Dial,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The fabrication spun out of control when a detective, armed with photos of potential suspects, asked Gumpright to point to the culprit.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Greenland is rich in minerals important to the fabrication of military and high-tech goods, and, as Arctic ice melts, sea lanes alongside it are expected to become more important for global shipping.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025
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By promoting dissimulation and sanctifying mendacity, Trump’s tsarist regime works to silence knowledge.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Misrepresentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresentation. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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