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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 also, an aid package announced too soon has the potential to distort markets, said Glauber, the former USDA economist.
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Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
Challenges in quickly identifying and reporting cases from the outbreaks can distort figures.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Crucial development dates appear off by two weeks according to medical experts; long enough to distort how old a fetus looks.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Cheaper wheat and lower manufacturing costs should have distorted that comparison quite a bit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
Challenges in quickly identifying and reporting cases from the outbreaks can distort figures.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Crucial development dates appear off by two weeks according to medical experts; long enough to distort how old a fetus looks.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Cheaper wheat and lower manufacturing costs should have distorted that comparison quite a bit.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The complaint centers on claims that Tesla and CEO Musk repeatedly misrepresented these systems as fully autonomous or nearly so, even though the technology remains incomplete.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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The scholars were joined last year by some of Bonhoeffer’s living relatives, who released a statement accusing Metaxas, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, of misrepresenting Bonhoeffer as a fundamentalist evangelical.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Researchers have developed a Particle-armored liquid robot (PB), a liquid-particle composite capable of deforming, engulfing, and merging without losing its structure.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2025
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The elements were slowly crushing the base as the gradual movement of the ice sheet deformed the structures.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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In a sport where athletes contort themselves into intricate positions, Hurd understands what her teammates want to see.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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To strip her name from her and contort it into a term that is most often used to degrade artists who look like her is simply dehumanizing.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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It’s packed with curling memorabilia and jokey artifacts: pin badges, curling stone statues, a Worst End trophy (complete with protruding horse’s butt), strategy whiteboards, and a sign revealing the Scottish Curler’s Grace.—
Tim Chester,
AFAR Media,
16 Apr. 2025
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On Sunday, April 13, the TikToker posted a video of her applying makeup, having her hair curled and dressing in all black for the funeral, which took place less than one week after Campbell announced Elliana had died.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
15 Apr. 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 show suggests that this community warped Jamie’s thinking, especially about his own masculinity and relationship to women, and that his experience, and the question of how far teenage boys’ anger can take them, is a steadily more common one.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
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The air is thick with salt and mildew, the buildings warped and leaning, as if recoiling from what sleeps offshore.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Distort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distort. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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