misstatements

plural of misstatement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstatements
Noun
  • Municipal utilities are largely unregulated, which makes misjudgments in purchasing power contracts a serious risk to local ratepayers.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
  • The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • An agent can’t reliably detect its own misinterpretations using the same model that generated them.
    Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Beatty said those early misinterpretations frequently determine what evidence exists later.
    Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Our new middle grade novel, Roxie in Color, helps dispel some of the misconceptions about people who are blind by offering an authentic portrayal of what life is like for a 12-year-old girl with blind parents.
    Diane Debrovner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Attorney Al Watkins, who represented the McCloskeys during the early stages of the controversy, said one of the biggest misconceptions about the case is what triggered the confrontation in the first place.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • The idea is to allow for accidents, miscommunications or misunderstandings that the participants agree should not scuttle talks.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Starting to collaborate early, and maintaining collaboration throughout every phase of the campaign process, is how teams can move away from working in siloes and decrease the chances of misunderstandings.
    Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the New Atheists were making hay of the fact that such faithful misapprehensions about nature were easily disproved by scientific discovery.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Ronald Reagan did not suffer from such misapprehensions.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Misstatements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstatements. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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