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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
But there was also something distorted about the ritual denunciations of Trump, which inevitably invoked the specter of white colonialism.
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Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
The overall index was distorted by a 2.7% drop in airline passenger services, a likely consequence of international travelers pulling back on their visits to the United States, Brusuelas said.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Anyone claiming otherwise is distorting the truth to justify and reward discriminatory behavior.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
But so have the forces pushing patients toward compounding in the first place: brand drugs priced out of reach, limited insurance coverage, and middlemen who distort access.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
The overall index was distorted by a 2.7% drop in airline passenger services, a likely consequence of international travelers pulling back on their visits to the United States, Brusuelas said.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Anyone claiming otherwise is distorting the truth to justify and reward discriminatory behavior.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
But so have the forces pushing patients toward compounding in the first place: brand drugs priced out of reach, limited insurance coverage, and middlemen who distort access.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Without that visibility, AI might ignore you or misrepresent you based on outdated or irrelevant content.—
Christine Wetzler,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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In the suit, filed on behalf of Reed and his wife in Davidson County Chancery Court on Jan. 17, Reed contends the school breached his contract, misrepresented his role in the response and inflicted emotional distress on him and his wife, among other things.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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After his first round of the treatment in 2021, he was left deformed.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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Slight temperature changes can deform the mirror, causing the image to blur, but 232 actuators behind the mirrors help to nudge everything back into focus.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 June 2025
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While people contort themselves with alternative theories, the answer has been in front of us all along.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Instead of throwing to Crochet, Toro contorted his body, and made an awkward but successful throw to Carlos Narváez for the tag at home, preventing the Rays from tying the game.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 July 2025
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Cyrus pulled her dark brown tresses into the half-up, half-down hairdo, leaving her short, thick fringe flat against her forehead while longer side pieces curled in front of her ears.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
22 July 2025
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When the sun comes out, so does the French curl braiding hair.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
22 July 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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The YouTube search results have warped into an apparent AI breeding ground, crammed with hourlong mixes full of soporific dreck.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025
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It’s crafted from high-impact polystyrene that is designed to withstand different weather conditions, including snow, rain, intense sun, and wind without warping, fading, or splintering.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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“Distort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distort. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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