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misnomers

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To promote the university’s core mission, the school must clarify its role on campus and challenge misnomers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Fire departments operated and financed by local governments increasingly have become misnomers.

From Washington Times • Apr. 19, 2021

Then it came out with a stronger denial, maintaining that the curators were there simply to prevent duplicates and misnomers among the trending topics.

From Slate • May 17, 2016

“There’s been a lot of misnomers about these craft as covert spy tools. ‘Drone’ has become a negative term.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2014

After it was drafted, Laura typed it up while Yoyo stood by, correcting her mother's misnomers and mis-sayings.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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