distort
Example Sentences
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The effects of the long shutdown could distort the employment report for at least a few more months — and longstanding problems in collecting the jobs data could re-emerge.
From MarketWatch
Israel dismissed the accusations as "absurd and distorted".
From BBC
"This number paints a distorted picture of how people make decisions about their food intake and how much control they have over it," she says.
From Science Daily
I’m swearing off Instagram and X, where it’s too easy to get a distorted sense of the public’s concerns.
But when those in power mistake online commentary for real-world consensus, they make decisions based on a distorted picture of what those citizens really want.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
