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as in distorts
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
this summary seriously misrepresents the general tone and substance of the speech
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as in obscures
to give a misleading impression of
deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case
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Recent Examples of misrepresents
Following a misleading report on hospital finances, The Denver Post published an editorial that misrepresents UCHealth’s role in caring for Colorado patients and misstates key facts about our financial operations.
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Elizabeth B. Concordia, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
The Washington Post is currently pioneering the field of AI slop podcasts, allowing users to generate audio content that, according to staffers, is full of errors and misrepresents articles by the newspaper’s actual reporters.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
But Alex Murdaugh and his defense team have criticized the portrayals, arguing the show misrepresents his relationships with Maggie and Paul and leans into sensationalized tension that didn’t exist in real life.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
Others described a tenant that fails to follow lease terms, misrepresents facts and ignores neighbors’ concerns.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,' and 'did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
This report repeatedly misrepresents our efforts to empower parents and protect teens, misstating how our safety tools work and how millions of parents and teens are using them today.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.
—Brendan Harley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.
—Brendan Harley, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Elizabeth B. Concordia, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
The Washington Post is currently pioneering the field of AI slop podcasts, allowing users to generate audio content that, according to staffers, is full of errors and misrepresents articles by the newspaper’s actual reporters.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
But Alex Murdaugh and his defense team have criticized the portrayals, arguing the show misrepresents his relationships with Maggie and Paul and leans into sensationalized tension that didn’t exist in real life.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
Others described a tenant that fails to follow lease terms, misrepresents facts and ignores neighbors’ concerns.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,' and 'did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
This report repeatedly misrepresents our efforts to empower parents and protect teens, misstating how our safety tools work and how millions of parents and teens are using them today.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.
—Brendan Harley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.
—Brendan Harley, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresents
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Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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That pressure distorts the justice system.—
Jaime Huff,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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Unlike body composition metrics, BMI obscures the true extent of metabolic dysfunction and cannot distinguish between muscle and fat — or between superficial fat and the visceral fat that drives diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions.—
Bret Scher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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But that producing résumé obscures the kind of movie Ratner himself tends to make.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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The portrait of a woman who represses and conceals a rape struck a chord as the #MeToo movement took off and put Trobisch on the map.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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The wooden bench includes a removable lid that conceals additional storage space.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
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That’s double the going rate less than a decade ago, and the upswing with the Super Bowl contradicts the downward drift of overall advertising on TV amid cord-cutting and competition from YouTube, streaming and social media.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
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When people can see evidence that obviously contradicts what the administration is saying, they’re primed to disbelieve the officials.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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When season two begins, viewers meet a beautiful young Hispanic woman named Luz (Jeannine Mason), who hides on a boat traveling to a remote island, perhaps in the Caribbean, to make a liquor delivery for a wealthy businessman named Richard Helvig.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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There are wool blankets draped atop cow print chairs, lambskin hides on the bar stools and a casual Dom Perignon on the menu.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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First opened in 1971, the resort is now celebrating 55 years as a Hill Country destination—but its age belies its energy.—
Kat Stinson,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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Naturally, this latter conceit also belies the African influence that made European modernism possible.—
Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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