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- noun Plural form of
misimpression .
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Examples
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Dorfling said it was important that the incident needed to be placed in the correct context and not create "misimpressions".
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The EPA actually spent considerable time and effort in the spring of 2011 correcting the misimpressions about the history, an effort now scuttled by the President’s cheap shot.
Rena Steinzor: Bureaucracy Bashing, Obama-Style Rena Steinzor 2012
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Army pilot who has seen combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan — says there are definitely "some misconceptions and misimpressions" that hurt the Army in the minority community.
From the South Bronx to West Point William McGurn 2010
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Most went with very serious misimpressions about what was going to happen when they got there (they were going to start new plantations and have new slaves to work them), not enough money to get a real start, no Spanish or willingness to learn it, and no idea what life in Mexico was really like (All of this sound familiar?).
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On the call, "we can state the facts and clear up a lot of misimpressions," said Scott Bok , the firm's chief executive, in an email Sunday.
A Boutique Can't Rest on Sunday Liz Moyer 2011
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Most went with very serious misimpressions about what was going to happen when they got there (they were going to start new plantations and have new slaves to work them), not enough money to get a real start, no Spanish or willingness to learn it, and no idea what life in Mexico was really like (All of this sound familiar?).
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By acquitting ourselves with distinction in the discharge of these duties, we will assist our adopted land as well as advance our own cause and help remove the misimpressions about our community in America, thereby solidifying our rightful place in American Society for the benefit of our children and all children of the world.
Jim Luce: Peace Through Moderation Focuses on Islam and Pakistan at the Harvard Club Jim Luce 2010
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The EPA actually spent considerable time and effort in the spring of 2011 correcting the misimpressions about the history, an effort now scuttled by the President’s cheap shot.
Rena Steinzor: Bureaucracy Bashing, Obama-Style Rena Steinzor 2012
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By acquitting ourselves with distinction in the discharge of these duties, we will assist our adopted land as well as advance our own cause and help remove the misimpressions about our community in America, thereby solidifying our rightful place in American Society for the benefit of our children and all children of the world.
Jim Luce: Peace Through Moderation Focuses on Islam and Pakistan at the Harvard Club Jim Luce 2010
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To that end, it seems a good time to offer a variety of glimpses into the country's innards, if only to counter what I have elsewhere called "haute pub-talk" misimpressions.
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