Sentence examples for long-held misconceptions from inspiring English sources

Broadway and TV actor Andy Mientus marked Bisexuality Awareness Week, which is from Sept. 19-26, with a heartfelt Instagram post in an effort to clarify some long-held misconceptions about what it means to identify as bi.

Such developments cannot but help to break down long-held misconceptions in popular media and the public about science scholars and researchers as mere geeks and nerds, and provide role models for more young people who are considering careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Johnson loved bright hues, but she was also challenging the long-held misconception that women of colour looked best in muted tones.

And it is surprising that he doesn't correct a long-held misconception about the "Forlorn Hope," the name given to a small band who bravely attempted to escape the mountains in the middle of December.

Long derided as "corporate raiders" only interested in making a fast buck often to the long-term detriment of their target companies, some recent successful activist investor campaigns have done much to rightfully disprove this long-held misconception.

Keith Arbeitman, a dentist with Arbeitman & Shein in Manhattan, says that there has been a long-held misconception that if you didn't smoke, drink heavily or chew tobacco, then you had a pretty low risk of getting oral cancer.

This should have been an opportunity to put forward a progressive stance on private education in the UK, sadly, what it turned into was a rehashing of a long held misconception: that the private sector is inherently better.

There is much to complain about the May 11 plan, but in fairness to Ross it is the result of a long-held American misconception about how to deal with China's closed economy.

These findings challenge a long-held view.

She gave it, with long-held dimples.

There are long-held attitudes.