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We place lower limits on the obliquities between debris disks and their hoststars for 31 systems by comparing their disk and stellar inclinations. Whileprevious studies did not find evidence for misalignment, we identify 6 systemswith minimum obliquities falling between ~30{\deg}-60{\deg}, indicating thatdebris disks can be significantly misaligned with their stars. Thesehigh-obliquity systems span a wide range of stellar parameters with spectraltypes K through A. Previous works have argued that stars with masses below 1.2$M_\odot$ (spectral types of ~F6) have magnetic fields strong enough to realigntheir rotation axes with the surrounding disk via magnetic warping; given thatwe observe high obliquities for relatively low-mass stars, magnetic warpingalone is likely not responsible for the observed misalignment. Yet, chaoticaccretion is expected to result in misalignments of ~20{\deg} at most andcannot explain the larger obliquities found in this work. While it remainsunclear how primordial misalignment might occur and what role it plays indetermining the spin-orbit alignment of planets, future work expanding thissample is critical towards understanding the mechanisms that shape thesehigh-obliquity systems.

Evidence for Misalignment Between Debris Disks and Their Host Stars