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How to use the word miscommunication in a Sentence?

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We'll say what we always say and what President Biden has said to Xi Jinping, which is that human rights and basic civil liberties go to the heart of who we are as Americans and no American government, no American president is going to be silent on that, it's very important that we're communicating directly and clearly with China. We want to make sure there are no misunderstandings, no miscommunication, that we have a floor under the relationship and that the president has had a productive conversation in that sense.

– Antony Blinken

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Ensuring peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, having clear communication, avoiding miscommunication, is going to be an important and intensive aspect of work between our militaries, our national security councils and between our diplomats, so you will see at multiple levels an intensification of the engagement to ensure that there are guardrails around this competition so that it doesn't veer off into conflict.

– Jake Sullivan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That’s a different element but I know he’s one of my favorite people on the planet and he’s just a good, decent… – you know, if there is any miscommunication, I’m sure that – I love that dude, like as a person, he’s warm and wise and all those things.

– Jon Stewart

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My goal today was to be my best self ever and I succeeded. I mean, we can whine about the miscommunication for a long time, but I could have won gold here in this form. I did very well, yeah, I ’m really proud of it. I mean, it’s a silver medal, but it does have a bit of a shine to it. And it’s also my first medal, is n’t it ? I do have an Olympic medal. A lot of people would kill for that.

– Van Vleuten

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Catch the ball. Just catch the ball, that’s all we need to do. I don’t know what that is. They work every day. They do their stuff. It has to be they’re just not following the ball in their glove, miscommunication. It shouldn’t happen at this level.

– Joe Girardi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Miscommunication has been constant since the pandemic started, and that has created distrust in the population, so unfortunately -- and this is a reflection that I have made with some colleagues in public health -- Read MorePublic health officials are losing the battle of communication.

– Nelson Atehortua

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If U.S. yields rise faster than markets expect, or if there is miscommunication about future U.S. monetary policy, adverse spillovers through financial channels and capital outflows, as during the 2013 taper tantrum, could present challenges by compromising macro-financial stability.

– Jonathan Ostry

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

As a result of a misunderstanding and miscommunication between myself and some hotel guests, the situation needlessly and regrettably escalated.

– Anthony Michael Hall

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

As a former legislator, I know how tricky the endorsement process can be for folks in Iowa, it was never my intention to make my former colleagues uncomfortable, and I apologize for any miscommunication on my part.

– Pat Murphy

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think the accident with Pierre was down to a miscommunication, the team asked us to swap positions because we were on completely different strategies, so I was going to let him by on the exit of turn 14 like I did at the start of the race.

– New Zealander Hartley

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It certainly shows a breakdown in communications that is troubling because the president is commander in chief and (Defense) Secretary (James) Mattis apparently, according to press reports — I haven't an official briefing on it yet — told him that this carrier and the destroyers were headed towards North Korea as a show of force when in fact they were headed in the completely opposite direction to Australia, and it's troubling if we don't know where our assets are. It's also so surprising. Every time I have seen that map that shows where our naval assets are, believe me, the Pentagon knows exactly where they are. So I suspect there was some sort of just terrible miscommunication but it should not have occurred.

– Susan Collins

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Because of that injury, there can be a miscommunication between the brain and bladder—the bladder has a mind of its own, and instead of staying nice and calm until [it's full], your bladder has involuntary spasms throughout the day.

– Amy George

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I really appreciate everything that they did and how hard they played, i thought we kept trying to battle our way back into the game. We just couldn't quite get over the hump. I would say the only negative was at the end when we had some miscommunication on a couple of things. I would not take anything away from this group.

– New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We understand the disappointment created by this mistake, and deeply apologize to the applicants for this miscommunication.

– Kenneth Walters

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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