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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsify
In November 2023, Bank of America was required to pay $12 million in fines for falsifying lending information required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts related to falsifying records during his first campaign, is the first felon to serve as U.S. president.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
The 47th President is the first to enter office as a felon, convicted less than a year ago by a jury of his peers of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
—Massimo Calabresi, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025
Details About Trump's Hush Money Case In May 2024, a New York jury found Trump, guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his first presidential election in 2016.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts related to falsifying records during his first campaign, is the first felon to serve as U.S. president.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
The 47th President is the first to enter office as a felon, convicted less than a year ago by a jury of his peers of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
—Massimo Calabresi, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025
Details About Trump's Hush Money Case In May 2024, a New York jury found Trump, guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his first presidential election in 2016.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsify
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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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Writer/director Isaiah Saxon, who made his directorial debut with the feature, took to X to refute assumptions that AI was involved.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
28 Feb. 2025
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Two recent reports may refute the view, fueled by recent accidents, that commercial aviation has somehow become less safe.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Only in our current cultural moment, the stakes and outcomes are distorted in ways an artist of Simone’s era could never recognize.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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But that bag still has a way of distorting things for some players.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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