Thesaurus / distort
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The decisions we make about where to live are distorted not just by politics that play down climate risks, but also by expensive subsidies and incentives aimed at defying nature.
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL FORCE A NEW AMERICAN MIGRATIONBY ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MERIDITH KOHUTSEPTEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICA
Earlier studies about digital contact tracing have been widely distorted.
CORONAVIRUS TRACING APPS CAN SAVE LIVES EVEN WITH LOW ADOPTION RATESPATRICK O'NEILLSEPTEMBER 2, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Because these new constellations are being deployed in lower orbits, they’re much brighter, leaving behind long bright streaks on the image and sometimes distorting other parts of the data.
SATELLITE MEGA-CONSTELLATIONS RISK RUINING ASTRONOMY FOREVERNEEL PATELSEPTEMBER 2, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
They take a scientific pose to gain your confidence and then distort the facts to their own purposes.
HOW PSEUDOSCIENTISTS GET AWAY WITH IT - FACTS SO ROMANTICSTUART FIRESTEINAUGUST 28, 2020NAUTILUS
That concept of distorting perception was important, Ginzel said.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PUBLIC ART AT CHICAGO POLICE STATIONSBY LOGAN JAFFEAUGUST 21, 2020PROPUBLICA
Within other geographic or online communities, the science of vaccine safety, fluoridated drinking water and genetically modified foods is distorted or ignored.
Ill-constructed benches may not only distort the body, but, by reflex influence, the mind as well.
WOODWARD'S COUNTRY HOMESGEORGE E. WOODWARD
Everything was done to encourage them, and nothing to suppress, or distort them.
HEART AND SOULVICTOR MAPES (AKA MAVERIC POST)
To search for hidden unities in the literature of an age is often to distort facts in the interest of theory.
PERSONALITY IN LITERATUREROLFE ARNOLD SCOTT-JAMES
He protests against its use for controversial pamphlets which distort the truth.
WORDS RELATED TO DISTORT
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- blarney
- blow smoke
- build up
- cheese
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- stretch
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- build up
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- give snow job
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- spread it on
- stretch
- take out of context
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- blarney
- blow smoke
- build up
- cheese
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- stretch
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- blarney
- blow smoke
- build up
- cheese
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- stretch
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- blarney
- blow smoke
- build up
- cheese
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- stretch
- trump up
- twist
- warp
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