as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
the coral snake's attractive colors can mislead you into thinking that it is harmless
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Recent Examples of mislead
The move comes as Kennedy has faced criticism during this year's record measles outbreaks for remarks misleading people into thinking that measles infections are easily curable and inflating myths about measles vaccines.
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Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 1 May 2025
This index shows how focusing on GDP alone can mislead the public about a country’s economic performance.
—Sophie Mitra, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Trump cycled through four national security advisers in his first four years—including Michael Flynn, who was fired within a month of the 2017 inauguration after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about contacts with the Russian ambassador.
—Nik Popli, Time, 1 May 2025
Ratings Agencies: Burned Once, Cautious Now After the 2011 downgrade, S&P faced immense backlash, including a Justice Department lawsuit accusing them of misleading investors before the 2008 financial crisis.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 1 May 2025
This index shows how focusing on GDP alone can mislead the public about a country’s economic performance.
—Sophie Mitra, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
Trump cycled through four national security advisers in his first four years—including Michael Flynn, who was fired within a month of the 2017 inauguration after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about contacts with the Russian ambassador.
—Nik Popli, Time, 1 May 2025
Ratings Agencies: Burned Once, Cautious Now After the 2011 downgrade, S&P faced immense backlash, including a Justice Department lawsuit accusing them of misleading investors before the 2008 financial crisis.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mislead
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That hasn’t stopped Liverpool using him to distract and deceive opponents when free kicks are won, however.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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She was also found guilty of deceiving other officials about the man's identity.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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Don’t let the name fool you: Apple TV+’s new science-fiction series Murderbot isn’t actually about a rampaging robot killing everything in sight, though Alexander Skarsgard’s SecUnit certainly ponders the idea from time to time.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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One common jailbreak involved fooling ChatGPT by asking it to role-play as a different AI—one that had no rules and was allowed to write phishing e-mails.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
7 May 2025
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The latest attacks follow recent patterns, mimicking Google’s own support to trick users into giving up credentials.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Elsewhere in the film, the Irish vampire Remmick, pursued by Choctaw vampire hunters, tricks his way into the protection of a pair of Klan members living near Clarksdale and turns them into creatures of the night.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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“Mislead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mislead. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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