misrepresentation
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misrepresentations
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A misrepresentation is when you misrepresent, or lie about, something that happened. If you say you were the quarter back of the football team but really you were the mascot, that’s a misrepresentation. A misrepresentation is a misstatement of the facts. It’s more than casting a different light on something; it’s deceptive and untrue. It’s a misrepresentation to tell your parents you went to the principal’s office to talk about books if you really got sent there for talking in class. Misrepresentations are deliberately misleading. They’re lies.
Vocabulary lists containing misrepresentation
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“Sad that a misrepresentation ruined this man’s life,” she told the Press Enterprise, which was first to report the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Paramount wants the suit dismissed because it “distorts settled antitrust law and is based on a misrepresentation of competition in the entertainment industry today.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
It made multiple allegations against OpenAI including deceptive and unfair trade practices, negligence, violating product liability laws, fraudulent misrepresentation and causing a public nuisance.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Depending on the facts and the state, that could constitute fraudulent misrepresentation, concealment or a breach of fiduciary duty.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Most important, from the point of view of the friendship, Jefferson admitted that his behind-the-scenes criticism of Adams had been a willful misrepresentation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Other allegations, the letter said, were based on misrepresentations:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
And that person may be the next government lawyer to face serious consequences for misrepresentations to a court.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026
Shipman said the school believed the agents made misrepresentations to enter the building, saying they were there to find a “missing person.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
"But Congress has mandated that we protect consumers from material misrepresentations and omissions, including when the product or service offered to consumers is a speech-related product."
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
As it would occupy too much space to follow this Father through all his misstatements, we shall confine our attention to his misrepresentations of Josephus.
From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
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