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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
misstate .
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Examples
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"misstating" business leaders, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office
WN.com - Articles related to New hope for rice industry 2009
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I have seen even experienced lawyers make embarrassing mistakes before the justices—calling a justice by the wrong name, misstating a case, getting visibly tripped up by a question.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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One suit filed in New Jersey charged that the firm duped investors into buying Apple REITs by misstating the business model and failing to disclose risks.
Complaint Saps REIT Sales Craig Karmin 2011
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Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday took an unexpected dig at Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal (D) for misstating his military service record.
Joe Biden Opens His Mouth: Dick Blumenthal edition. | RedState 2010
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ARROGANCE: Prime Minister Netanyahu sneering at and deliberately misstating President Obama's formula of "1967 boundaries with mutually agreed land swaps" as the basic formula for peace and, more important, continuing to destroy Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem to replace them with Jewish settlers.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow: The Worst And Best Of Times: Arrogance And Resistance Rabbi Arthur Waskow 2011
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Mr. Sata said last week that copper exports would now be cleared by the country's central bank to ensure that exporters aren't misstating volumes and value.
Zambia Lifts Ban on Copper Exports Nicholas Bariyo 2011
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Most recently by misquoting and misstating Ronald Reagan to fit her "immense" knowkedge of the facts (as she sees them).
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Now he's deeply misstating the free-market case against European social democracy:
How Europe Goes Wrong, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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She's far too busy misstating facts at tea party events to possibly be getting anything meaningful done in DC.
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The Post reported that Fairfax prosecutors subsequently dismissed another of Christian's child-abuse cases in the middle of a trial because she acknowledged misstating the facts in her sworn testimony.
Lanny Davis: The Shameful Case of Sean Lanigan and the Presumption of Guilt Culture Lanny Davis 2011
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