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How to use the word misconception in a Sentence?

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Part of the misconception about its age came from mixing of fossils from different layers during early excavations, using this method, we can more accurately place ancient humans and their relatives in the correct time periods, in Africa, and elsewhere across the world.

Darryl Granger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think people have the misconception that it's going to be a robot behind the plate. ‘Lost in Space’ is one of my favorite shows. It’s not the robot from ‘Lost in Space’ back there, the umpire is going to have AirPods in, and the ball comes over… That basically tells them instantly if it's a ball or strike.

Jim Gemma

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

One of the priests tried to molest me. He tried to touch my private parts… At that time, I was a young boy. I didn’t know what sexual boundaries were. I just knew I didn’t like being touched. Some things are hard to forget. the misconception that I feel [the public] has about me is that they don’t understand me.

Whitney Houston

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I don’t know if this is a misconception, i don’t know where you know, where you get this from. I mean, anybody is free to stay in a hotel, whether with their friend, with their partner.

Al Khater

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The misconception is that people start decorating in December, but it's really by November end, december is when you buy the presents. Will anyone want our products if they come in later than that ? That's the biggest challenge for us.

Laurie Kane

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It think it's really a fundamental misconception of the NCAA's role.

Jo Potuto

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There's a misconception that you're going to do the practice, and your mind is going to be blank or in a state of bliss, that's just absurd. That's not what happens.

Diana Winston

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think there is a common misconception that people are solely defined by certain things such as events, illnesses, disabilities, and things of that nature, i like to think that we as people are a mixture of our interests, experiences, pain, joy, the people we love, triumphs, trials, and so much more.

Piper Gill

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think the misconception that I see from the politicians is that the reason why people aren't going back to work is that the jobs aren't worth it, that these are low-paying jobs, but they aren't.

Patti Eisenbraun

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Cream Does NOT Always Rise To The Top! There is a serious misconception, misconnection and mistake in this idea of thinking

Loren Weisman

added by lorenweisman
3 years ago

There's a common misconception that the cost of doing nothing is free or cheap and it absolutely is not.

Claire Williams

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This isn't a huge margin industry where you have a lot of money readily available, that is a misconception.

Robert Pinnegar

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There's a misconception that we can recycle our way out of this, my fear is that (G20 leaders) will say that plastic production isn't the problem, it's waste management.

Neil Tangri

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There is a common misconception that a rabbit just can sit in a cage and eat carrots.

Jacob Levitt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The misconception is that these declining admit rates and these increased application pools mean that it's harder and harder to get into these schools each year, it's simply not true : The fact is these colleges are just getting better and better at getting students to apply.

Brian Taylor

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think there is a misconception that every NFL player is on a 6,000-calorie diet. That is not necessarily true, one thing to consider is that the training load and stimulus of practices and overall training usually changes as the season progresses, and as a result, the athlete is not burning near the same number of calories that he was earlier in training camp and at the beginning of the season.

Mike Minnis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There's( a need) to teach people more about how VPNs work, because there was a misconception that they work during total internet blackouts, people also need to be taught that some VPNs are just there to harvest data.

Kuda Hove

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The common misconception is that we are allowing an endangered species to be hunted.

Gisli Vikingsson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The misconception is that people are using that [medical marijuana] as an excuse to get high. The reality is our average patient is 55-years-old, these people aren’t out drug seeking. These are real people with real problems that are looking for an alternative that may be more effective.

Nick Spirtos

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

When someone meets with Kim, they often come back sort of in awe -- realizing that he is not the crazy guy in the basement -- and with the conclusion that the US can deal with him, but due to the fact that they often go into the meeting with a misconception of Kim based on caricatures from outside intelligence community, the perceptions often shifts from one extreme to another.

Secretary Pompeo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The number one misconception is that they will ruin your own natural lash. This is false! It’s all about your lash stylist not adding lashes that are too heavy or too long for your natural lashes to handle, the correct amount of lash glue is also important, it should not be too much or clumpy.

Ramona Azcona

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Often we get asked if having lash extensions applied will hurt, and that's also a common misperception as the application process is so comfortable that the majority of our guests fall asleep and take what we like to call a lash nap, you can shower, swim, exercise and sweat and they will stay intact. It's a common misconception that they are more temporary or that swimming and contact with water is prohibited.

Amazing Lash Studio execs

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It has added to confusion in discussions about the expansion of our dinner theaters to new locations across the country and around the world, some of our guest comments and comments of developers, in markets around the country with whom we spoke, show a misconception of what our show is. They do not realize the Stampede is a very patriotic, spectacular, horse show with 32 beautiful horses as the stars.

World Choice spokesman Pete Owens

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I think a misconception about sexting is that it’s either a fun, sexy thing to do or an incredibly dangerous thing to do, with no shades of gray in between, our research and that of other scientists shows that it’s much more nuanced . . . depending on the people involved and their situation.

Amanda Gesselman

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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