Examples of misbelief in a Sentence
the common misbelief that the Great Wall of China is visible from the moon
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Her Daddy discourse is the misbelief that Harris (or any woman running for office) inherently has women’s votes in the bag and, thus, that candidate should spend their time on voters who are more on the fence.
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Brea Baker,
refinery29.com,
9 Oct. 2024
Combating misbelief is much more complicated—and politically and ethically fraught—than reducing the spread of explicitly false content.
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Jennifer Allen,
Scientific American,
30 Sep. 2024
Wolter says the project has started to engage with human populations near vulture colonies, roosting sites and popular foraging areas, to educate communities on the benefits of the animal to local ecology, and dispel popular misbeliefs.
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Gertrude Kitongo,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2024
One common misbelief heard when legislation is discussed is that gender-affirming medical interventions are provided immediately to any trans or nonbinary kid who walks into a gender clinic.
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Helen Santoro,
CBS News,
27 June 2023
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Brea Baker,
refinery29.com,
9 Oct. 2024
Combating misbelief is much more complicated—and politically and ethically fraught—than reducing the spread of explicitly false content.
—
Jennifer Allen,
Scientific American,
30 Sep. 2024
Wolter says the project has started to engage with human populations near vulture colonies, roosting sites and popular foraging areas, to educate communities on the benefits of the animal to local ecology, and dispel popular misbeliefs.
—
Gertrude Kitongo,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2024
One common misbelief heard when legislation is discussed is that gender-affirming medical interventions are provided immediately to any trans or nonbinary kid who walks into a gender clinic.
—
Helen Santoro,
CBS News,
27 June 2023
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“Misbelief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misbelief. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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