as in misstatement
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Newsom hit back both in interviews and via a fact-checking website, accusing the president and his allies of spreading misinformation.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Swathes of research and reports exist about how the structure of the online world can serve to spread misinformation.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Teaching how and why the Holocaust happened can make the Holocaust relevant and provoke critical thinking, something sorely needed in a world awash in online denial, distortion, and antisemitism.—
Greg Schneider and Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Those estimates may also be valuable in multi-party trade negotiations focused on Chinese distortions, which pose particularly serious challenges for U.S. trade and the world economy.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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But the idea that there will be some massive fire sale ahead of March 7 also would be an exaggeration, if for no other reason than the fact the team doesn’t have that many notable pending UFAs.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Public faith in public health officials has plummeted because of exaggerations and outright falsehoods.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The fourth sought to block Fox Corp.'s local TV division's renewal of the license for its Philadelphia station over corporate sibling Fox News's promotion of lies about fraud in the 2020 elections.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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These creators must be empowered and funded to spread the truth, counter lies, and connect with communities already inundated by falsehoods.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Aside from the urgent response, the disaster has also attracted damaging misinformation and falsehoods.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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This means all the hullabaloo that the skinny jean will be making a comeback is a falsehood.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, animal hides are often non-biodegradable since they’re frequently coated in plastic—another untruth that has been promulgated by the industry.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Jan. 2025
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The verb lie, lie, lied, which means to tell an untruth, is an intransitive verb not requiring an object.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, in trying to match your CV to a particular job spec, many of these ‘enhancements’ end up being a bit of stretch at best, and complete fabrications at worst.—
Amanda Kavanagh | This Column was created by Jobbio,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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With the goal of bombarding U.S. voters with falsehoods and fake news in order to sway the election, these foreign operatives worked to spread inconceivable fabrications—and succeeded.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Biden’s half-century political career is littered with mendacity, self-dealing, and crass calculations.—
The Editors,
National Review,
2 Dec. 2024
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But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Misrepresentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresentation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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