Example Sentences

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Some Alzheimer’s experts now suspect Lesné’s studies have misdirected Alzheimer’s research for 16 years.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 20, 2022

The loan companies have misdirected payments, lost paperwork and charged the wrong interest rate, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Government Accountability Office have shown.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2018

And you, Stephen D. Keener, the Little League International president and chief executive, have misdirected your punishment by including the players.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2015

The old woman must surely have misdirected me on purpose.

From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant

I am afraid to take the proper steps for finding out, lest I should learn that during these years I have misdirected my emotion.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry