Example Sentences

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Organizers wanted to dedicate the money to a specific cause so it wasn’t mismanaged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

This is "insurance" in case of "state collapse or a prolonged crisis", said Bajolet, adding these funds had been "mismanaged by the DGSE".

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

He was fastest in the first session and said he felt Ferrari had mismanaged the rest of qualifying.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

It wasn’t their fault that the wars they found themselves in were misbegotten and mismanaged.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

The Osage were also able to retrieve at least a portion of the oil funds mismanaged over decades by the U.S. government.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann