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as in to distort
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 to conceal
to give a misleading impression of
deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case
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Recent Examples of misrepresent
Baker misrepresented its graduates’ earnings, using national figures from the U.S. Department of Labor rather than data from its own graduates.
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Anna Clark, ProPublica, 7 Jan. 2025
This sort of gratuitous and misleading language is designed to misrepresent the entire field of DEI, creating further division and anger.
—Paolo Gaudiano, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Customers value authenticity, and misrepresenting your product can backfire.
—Mina Elias, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
But ultimately, the Lakota were left voiceless and misrepresented.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
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Anna Clark, ProPublica, 7 Jan. 2025
This sort of gratuitous and misleading language is designed to misrepresent the entire field of DEI, creating further division and anger.
—Paolo Gaudiano, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Customers value authenticity, and misrepresenting your product can backfire.
—Mina Elias, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
But ultimately, the Lakota were left voiceless and misrepresented.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresent
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Separately, the Media and Democracy Project filed a petition to deny a license renewal for WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, a station owned and operated by Fox, alleging that Fox willfully distorted news with false reports of fraud in the 2020 election that Trump lost.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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Trump, who pulled out of his own planned interview with CBS, had alleged CBS had distorted the interview to aid Harris.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Nazis wanted to conceal the crime by burning the bodies on mass pyres.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025
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On a second trip to the same area in July, researchers found the species concealed among the leaf litter layer making no noise.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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This lava blankets the valley floor, walls, and much of the surrounding plains, obscuring older geological features and complicating efforts to date and understand the processes that shaped this enigmatic Martian landscape.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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After its investigators were attacked by protesters later on Saturday, the anti-corruption agency asked media companies to obscure the faces of its members attending the hearing.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Jan. 2025
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Asked about his identity and to provide authorization, Deng tried to hide his equipment and flee, prompting the officials to take him and his companions into custody.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The entrance is like a secret garden, a shrouded staircase that is trying its best to hide from the throngs of visitors looking for this exact type of postcard-perfect view.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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White House officials said on Friday that the truth behind the mysterious ailments known as Havana Syndrome was still unknown, contradicting a new intelligence assessment about what had befallen spies and diplomats for the last nine years.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Experts say that the atmospheric aerosol data used in the calculations could be behind the contradicting conclusions.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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In the run-up to Friday's premiere, the Apple TV+ marketing team recreated Severance's drab-chic cubicles inside a glass box in the iconic station's Vanderbilt Hall, a place whose grandness belies the drudgery plaguing so many of the commuters crossing through it.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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That fact belies another truth: The Warriors didn’t go for it at the tail end of the Stephen Curry-Draymond Green era the way some other teams have, with pulling back on a Lauri Markkanen deal being a notable road not taken.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Misrepresent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresent. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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