Example Sentences

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The ease with which genes pass on mechanical, protein-coded traits like eye color has misled even scientists into thinking that they pass on other traits straightforwardly as well.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

California regulators say Tesla has misled consumers about the capabilities of its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” modes, which cannot be used without an alert human driver.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

For at least three decades, the industry has misled the public about what really is recyclable.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

The legal action was brought by the country's competition regulators, where Dell Australia admitted that it has misled customers about the price of selection of monitors available to 'bundle', the regulator said in a statement.

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2023

A fair knowledge of my trade, a few opinions, and a certain pig-headed stubbornness that doesn't know when it is beaten: shake these up together and you have the compound which has misled you.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis