misidentification
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The adoption has faced criticism from human rights organisations, citing fears of mass surveillance and risks of misidentification.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The AI’s misidentification and the human decisions that followed turned a normal evening into a traumatic confrontation.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Occasionally, other black conservatives will enter our orbit of misidentification.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The prevalence of pathogenic E. coli has meant the frequent misidentification of a similar bacterium of the Escherichia genus.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
Among the letters lambasting McCandless, virtually all those I received mentioned his misidentification of the caribou as proof that he didn’t know the first thing about surviving in the back- country.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
The organization took on the case because of “indicators of actual innocence,” such as car and photo lineup misidentifications, Miller said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
They have also collected more than 300,000 public tips, including potential misidentifications that defendants might want to investigate.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
I knew that research has long suggested that it’s especially hard for an eyewitness to correctly identify a person of a different race, and that cross-racial IDs make up more than 40 percent of misidentifications.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
As far as misidentifications go, says Wells, these processes “tend to be the dangerous ones.”
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2012
I'd have to learn more about him to avoid further misidentifications .
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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