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  • This whole complaint about you "misdefining" creationism is a bit of a red herring.

    Activism and the problem with blog polls 2006

  • But then, many of us have been misdefining the word stress all along.

    Thea Singer: Stress Relief and More Brain Cells? The Secret Could Be in the Bedroom Thea Singer 2010

  • He would be a wartime president, and he'd make full use of that role, expansively misdefining his "commander in chief" title to imply authority over the Congress and the courts, to grab power heretofore unheard of for a president.

    Was Iraq War a 'Blunder' or Was It Treason? 2007

  • In addition to misdefining intelligent design, the Sentinel article engages in blatant editorializing by pejoratively labeling efforts to correct textbook errors as “watering down” the teaching of evolution.

    Teaching the controversy works - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Some bloggers might let you get away with misdefining them.

    Leaders Needed Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • I don't think by misdefining who the adversary is, as if it was just a thug or an individual assassin, conveys the kind of structure that our opposition has and what we have to do to counter that structure.

    CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2003 2003

  • "For decades, we've been misdefining our transitional space programs," Aldrin said.

    FOXNews.com Jeremy A. Kaplan 2010

  • In addition to misdefining intelligent design, the Sentinel article engages in blatant editorializing by pejoratively labeling efforts to correct textbook errors as

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • If it had to be summarized in one sentence, it is that by misdefining the nature of money, special interests have often been able to assume the control of society's monetary system, and in turn, the society itself.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • In addition to misdefining intelligent design, the Sentinel article engages in blatant editorializing by pejoratively labeling efforts to correct textbook errors as

    Evolution News & Views 2009

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