How to Use mistruth in a Sentence
mistruth
noun-
Some of these mistruths portrayed the killers as outcasts and, crucially, victims.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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And the case set a powerful legal precedent, laying bare how one man’s mistruths could travel through the art market.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The tendency of politicians to tell mistruths has been well documented, but that matters very little.
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Jennifer Lutz,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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This is just the first point of contention in a minefield of cultural barriers, letter-of-the-law distinctions, personal prejudices and perhaps some plain mistruth here and there.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Those were among multiple other apparent mistruths and exaggerations about his background and qualifications.
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William Morris,
Des Moines Register,
15 Jan. 2026
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