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distortion

[dih-stawr-shuhn] / dɪˈstɔr ʃən /


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Third, the whole idea is malarkey—a half-witted distortion of fairly conventional deterrence theory.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Setting up the business in 1967 he sought to design and build amplifiers with key "tonal" characteristics that were unheard of at the time, namely distortion.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

China Daily’s reporting on the emotional economy also included warnings from scholars and commentators that emotional value is hard to measure consistently, creating room for price distortion, impulse buying, and speculative excess.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

The study suggests this distortion is caused by the planet's rapid rotation along with the large amount of material it drags through space.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

A convenient distortion, and the least of my offenses against veracity.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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