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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible
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as in to deform
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position
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Recent Examples of distort
Brave New World The debate over the authenticity of the short clip reflects growing concerns about the accelerating capabilities of generative artificial intelligence to distort reality and fuel misinformation.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The audio is surprising for this price, with clear highs and punchy bass that doesn’t distort.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 27 May 2025
The cell phone camera has become both the tool humans use to perform and the reason that performance distorts even further in the eyes of others.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
Unfortunately, this racial lens merely distorts the rivalry narrative, transforming what should be celebrated as an engaging competitive dynamic into something unnecessarily contentious.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The audio is surprising for this price, with clear highs and punchy bass that doesn’t distort.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 27 May 2025
The cell phone camera has become both the tool humans use to perform and the reason that performance distorts even further in the eyes of others.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
Unfortunately, this racial lens merely distorts the rivalry narrative, transforming what should be celebrated as an engaging competitive dynamic into something unnecessarily contentious.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distort
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In other cases, studies in the report were misrepresented, according to the researchers who conducted them.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Its job is to present your skills and experience—your career story—in the best possible light without misrepresenting your qualifications.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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What if the other side was deformed or even missing?—
Jim Carmichel,
Outdoor Life,
5 June 2025
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The tree resin then sank to the seafloor where it was covered by sediments, deforming the single fragments and preserving them as amber.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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At a hearing last month, House Foreign Affairs ranking Democrat Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., said Rubio had contorted himself to justify Trump’s actions.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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One way to create more space and the illusion of a bigger room is to invest in space-saving furniture and clever gadgets that fold, hang, and contort to make your place more functional.—
Shalwah Evans,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
31 May 2025
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Afro hair transplant Afro hair requires unique techniques due to curl pattern and follicle structure.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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That’s a surefire way to bend the brim and otherwise misshape it.—
Talia Ergas,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2023
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The misshapen hemoglobin misshape the cells.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
19 Dec. 2022
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His later work acknowledged that real-life decision-making is warped by psychology, asymmetry, and noise.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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As the Great Taylor Paul No Comments on CMAs Post debacle of 2024 demonstrates, the fact that these women’s relationships take place through a series of cynical public performances on multiple fronts has fully warped their ability to trust one another.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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“Distort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distort. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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