distortion

Example Sentences

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Hammack said a favorable inflation reading for November released last week likely understated 12-month price growth due to data-collection distortions created by the government shutdown in October and the first half of November.

From The Wall Street Journal

They cited distortions caused by the shutdown, as well as the deferred resignation of 160,000 or so federal employees who were offered buyouts in the spring.

From MarketWatch

They cited distortions caused by the shutdown, as well as the deferred resignation of 160,000 or so federal employees who were offered buyouts in the spring.

From MarketWatch

But the matter at hand may only be a subset of a broader ideology or worldview that creates a systematic distortion, not just about Iraq but about a whole complex of political issues.

From Salon

He expects that inflation data for December will likely provide a better reading of the scale of this distortion.

From Barron's