Sentence examples for potentially deceptive from inspiring English sources

Still, his statistics were potentially deceptive.

Still, there is something pathetic and potentially deceptive about these triumphal exercises.

"Many mortgage advertisers are making potentially deceptive claims about incredibly low rates and payments, without telling consumers the whole story," Lydia Parnes, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the F.T.C., said in a statement.

The Federal Trade Commission has brought about 11 cases against similar companies in the last year and sent warning letters to 71 more for marketing potentially deceptive relief programs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it warned more than 200 companies about "potentially deceptive" mortgage advertisements that give borrowers a false impression of the cost of home loans.

The S.E.C. asked brokers to disclose "potentially deceptive, dishonest or unfair practices" during auctions used to set rates for the debt, according to a memorandum sent to trade association members.

"While the state attorney general's office cannot enforce federal immigration law in this case, my office can investigate potentially misleading or deceptive practices, and I believe this organization was engaging in questionable practices," said Bill McCollum, the state attorney general.

A field guide for CFPB examiners, released as part of the event, instructs them to assess the risks in payday lenders' interactions with consumers, "including potentially unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices".

The move is intended to prevent "potentially unfair or deceptive" language, Samuel Podberesky, assistant general counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, wrote in a guidance notice recently posted on the department's Web site and sent directly to ticket agencies.

Robert D. Manning, a visiting professor of sociology at Georgetown, called such overdraft lines deceptive and potentially dangerous.

Among the explanations offered for this inconsistent pattern of associations are that there exists a non-linear relationship between benefit finding and adjustment [ 38], that unmeasured moderators may be at work [ 39], and that benefit finding has a constructive side and a self-deceptive and potentially dysfunctional side [ 36].