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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
Thereafter, the appearance of a triangle will become increasingly distorted until finally on April 9, Mars, Pollux and Castor will again appear in a straight line.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
In that way, uncertainty is like a tax, distorting decisions and making the economy as a whole less efficient.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
This narrative, amplified by figures like Trump, Musk, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not only distorted the reality of land reform in South Africa but has also fueled the far-right's broader agenda in many Western countries.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
And the tool is accused of distorting the free market and subsidizing growth that would have happened anyway.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
In that way, uncertainty is like a tax, distorting decisions and making the economy as a whole less efficient.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
This narrative, amplified by figures like Trump, Musk, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not only distorted the reality of land reform in South Africa but has also fueled the far-right's broader agenda in many Western countries.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
And the tool is accused of distorting the free market and subsidizing growth that would have happened anyway.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distort
Verb
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Avoid guessing or making up a story that misrepresents the financial facts.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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This alienation extends beyond the field, affecting how women in rugby and other sports are misrepresented and underrepresented in the media.—
Paige Perricone,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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The batteries were also tested at temperatures as high as 200 degrees Celsius; the output voltage was nearly the same in spite of the heat, and the battery didn’t expand or deform excessively.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2025
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Another expression emerged from everyday objects, which inspired Lynch to deform the mundane into a hellish din.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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Lee not only swung at the offering but awkwardly contorted his body and lost his helmet in the process.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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But Big Food is adept at contorting nutrition science to promote its products.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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The comedian curls the viewer into the drama of his own debasement, Limon theorized, and the relationship is christened, if the joke works, with a laughter that amalgamates the many into one.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her cigarettes stayed in the bathroom, smoke curling out the window and drifting over the neighbor’s fence.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 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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In many cases, this directive style warped into micromanagement, where leaders who may have been ill-equipped to transition to the fully remote and hybrid-work conditions tried to compensate through excessive control, surveillance, and monitoring.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Not only can shoes warp in size with use, but also, the length and width of your feet will change over time due to things like aging, pregnancy, and weight fluctuations, Dr. Ward says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Distort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distort. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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