misleading
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Origin of misleading
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Gen. Xavier Becerra, now a candidate for governor, in 2017 over a state-drafted title and summary which they argued was misleading and negative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
More than 80 percent of programs contained information that was either seriously misleading or straight-up wrong, including that HIV can be contracted by sweat and tears and that condoms are ineffective.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
But absent a theoretical reason to focus only on a subset of all-available data, such a focus will almost certainly be misleading.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Fake and misleading images from the World Cup final have been gaining tens of millions of views on social media.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But Will didn’t know which window was Claire’s, which made him think those old movies were really misleading and probably shouldn’t be shown on television.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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