misspeak

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Recent Examples of misspeak However, today, the bigger risk is not misspeaking. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026 The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease. Devi Shastri and Amanda Seitz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025 Kennedy also seemed to misspeak in saying two people had died of measles. Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024 Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024 The Kremlin’s propaganda often uses instances of Biden misspeaking as proof of his ineptitude as the man in charge of Ukraine’s top military backer. Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 12 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misspeak
Verb
  • An earlier version of this story misstated the figure.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Due to an editor’s error, the original version of this editorial misstated who offered to pay for Christopher Smith’s travel to Brazil.
    The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • People begin to misinterpret numbers and dangerously believe the data replaces clinical support.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Keep your messages direct so nothing gets misinterpreted.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The authors, not content to simply defend their viewpoint, misrepresent our organization’s positions on the range of harms that children in DCFS custody experience.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • California’s consumer protection and false advertising laws also forbid misrepresenting goods or services.
    Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The synthesis process consists of mixing bismuth ferrite with barium titanate to carefully engineer a strain, then growing the mixture as a thin film on a substrate that distorts its crystal structure.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But in doing that, that distorts the economics for all patients everywhere.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In announcing them, Trump grew so loud that the audio feed spiked in a way that left his words garbled.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The Limits of Expansion Since mathematicians began studying expander graphs in the 1960s, they’ve been used to model the brain (opens a new tab), perform statistical analyses, and build error-correcting codes — encrypted messages that can be read even if they get garbled in transmission.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The judge also raised concerns about the plaintiff’s evidence, finding that some materials — including sonogram images contained in personal journals — had been falsified.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The inspector ultimately pleaded guilty to falsifying the inspections in October 2025.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Sikil Step into Sikil to savor native ingredients cooked into contemporary global favorites.
    Regina Zumarraga, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Transfer the skillet to the oven and continue to cook, skin side down, 7 minutes longer.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • When McKenzie asks him how much he’s contributed to the coffers of politicians, his dodging of the question is pure dissembling theater.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Nor have the Trumps dissembled about Amazon’s payment of forty million dollars for the rights to the film—more than twice as much as the second-highest bid—with twenty-eight million reportedly flowing directly to the First Lady.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2026

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“Misspeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/misspeak. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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