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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The references to nineteenth-century American literary heroes and ideals may be distorted, but the ideals find an authentic embodiment in these calmly rapturous images of nature.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025 -
What once kept us safe can now distort intimacy, create misunderstandings and erode trust.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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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On the surface, not much connects these characters, but surfaces can mislead.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sometimes, a bond sell-off is triggered by misinformation or something that isn't justified by economic fundamentals.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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The spread of misinformation about fluoride also plays a role.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Jurors found Peters guilty in August for using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County election system and deceiving other officials about that person’s identity.—
Colleen Slevin,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
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Stribling tried to deceive officers by saying Bailei was shot in a robbery, The Detroit News reported.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In some contexts, [Lay] is the past tense of lie, as in recline.—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps that’s what makes my lies defective and disjointed.—
Domenico Starnone,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Its director, William J. Pulte, alleged in a letter that James falsified records to obtain a mortgage.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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McGuire was charged with falsifying physical evidence, stalking and 45 counts of invasion of privacy, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Seiders, 44, is charged with felony child pornography possession, misdemeanor annoying a child under 18, concealing a camera with intent to invade privacy and attempting to conceal a camera.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Spectators got wind of the sensible footwear concealed by the Fiesta finery and began demanding to see the shoes.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the larger sense, along with truth comes a distortion of it, sometimes innocently and inadvertently but, more often than not, by design and for ulterior purposes.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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These distortions reduce a complex conflict to a morality play.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Misreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreport. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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