as in to misinterpret
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Trump had campaigned on restricting birthright citizenship, arguing that the citizenship clause had been misinterpreted, and attended the April 2026 oral arguments in a first for a sitting president.
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Managers often misinterpret Gen Z's workplace preferences, viewing their requests as entitlement rather than practical needs shaped by their upbringing.
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Alumni contend the investigation is politically motivated and misrepresents the law, aiming to undermine Yale's commitment to diversity.
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While there is certainly a problem with the ubiquity of politicians and business leaders of advanced age, Moyn misrepresents older people and offers solutions that are discriminatory against them.
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An earlier version misstated the date.
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Correction, June 25 The original version of this story misstated Treseder's title.
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Slow-motion replays and still images distort the offending player’s actions, with innocuous tackles looking more serious.
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Any whack job with a phone can distort reality, and that’s not helpful.
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Somebody could misspeak, a camera could be seen.
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Perhaps that last claim feels overblown, but movies indisputably falsify reality, presenting a world that seems hypervivid for a few hours but vanishes when the lights come up.
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Yet under the Third Circuit’s rule, a taxpayer may remain vulnerable long after records have disappeared and witnesses are unavailable, if a preparer intentionally falsified a return.
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SecNav’s just a big fan, and that message got garbled in a chain-of-command game of telephone.
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Data-poisoning tools like Nightshade, which can garble some AI outputs, may be a more effective solution for concerned artists.
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Yet many of us will do it anyway, whether to get a break from cooking a meal at home or as a way to spend time with friends and family.
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If timing varies, start the longer-cooking veggies first, then add the quicker-cooking veggies.
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“Mistranslate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistranslate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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