exaggerate
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That said, I don’t want to exaggerate what’s happened to me so far.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Dalziel said: "She was a straightforward and calm witness. She did not exaggerate or embellish."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In climate data, "noise" refers to short-erm temperature changes that can temporarily hide or exaggerate the underlying trend.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
This structure could exaggerate overtime claims relative to expectations in two ways.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Suddenly ordinary people could get the benefit of computing without being programmers. ft is impossible to exaggerate how important this was to the flattening of the world.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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Mr. Futterman occasionally exaggerates his case with over-the-top prose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
One factor reinforcing Block’s motivation for shorting credit is his opinion that there is too much passive investing in the market that automatically exaggerates moves when they come.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
Musk often exaggerates the abilities of the so-called Full Self-Driving mode available in Teslas, which cannot function without a human driver present.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
He exaggerates the difficulty of being a student, but his exaggeration reveals a general predicament.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Colombian deputy environment minister David Olarte Amaya, who is attending the summit, said the concerns about his country were exaggerated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
However, given very tight risk limits for hedge funds, when semis began to correct, forced de-risking exaggerated the drawdown.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
She added that "we won't need to AI it" - a reference to a TUV councillor who posted online an AI image which exaggerated the size of a loyalist rally in Portadown.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Powell said the building’s high-gloss features had been exaggerated in some reports or didn’t reflect the most recent building plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“So, Cadet Fitz,” Elliot said when the simulation was over, his voice dripping an exaggerated formality.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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What I was saying before is that they were exaggerating the threat.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Given the prevalence of such changes, though, others are likely exaggerating their experience, he said: “A lot of it looks like AI washing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Arday is facing accusations of fabricating or exaggerating elements of his CV.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some economists question if the pattern is repeating itself, thus exaggerating the improvement in the labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Marjorie positions herself behind Tats, copying her movements in mime form, exaggerating their crass factor.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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