distort

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Those two categories can swing up and down abruptly in the short run and distort inflation readings — precisely what oil is likely to do in the next few months.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Valuing Micron is tricky because cyclical earnings distort traditional price-to-earnings snapshots.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Increasingly, though, they use AI to distort reality.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Last month, he published a paper that found that advanced AI tools can disempower users and distort their sense of reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

While everyone knows that prison can warp or distort the personalities of prisoners, few stop to consider how it can do the same to those who work inside.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover