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distortions

NOUN

deformity; falsification

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bias exaggeration lie misinterpretation misrepresentation misstatement misuse

STRONG

BS baloney bend buckle coloring contortion crock crookedness jazz jive line malformation mutilation perversion slant smoke story torture twist warp

WEAK

intorsion malconformation misshape tall story twistedness

Antonyms

WEAK

beauty clarity perfection

Example Sentences

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Technical factors like that can create short-term price distortions.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

To be sure, index inclusion represents passive buying, and buying drives up stock prices, but passive buying, at best, creates short-term distortions in price, not long-term distortions in value.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That meant handheld cameras, flares, saturated colors, distortions, negative imagery and odd angles to reflect the growing sense of terror.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Researchers at the International Monetary Fund have estimated that market distortions from state aid such as cash subsidies and tax breaks for businesses have reduced China’s GDP by as much as 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In the same vein, all the heroic portraits of the great men were romanticized distortions.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis