exaggerate
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They say AI firms exaggerate the tech's abilities to boost their prominence or profit.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
These figures do not exaggerate the amount of needed borrowing: They understate it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Historians say Barton tends to cherry-pick quotes or exaggerate the Christian influence on America’s founding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
In climate data, "noise" refers to short-erm temperature changes that can temporarily hide or exaggerate the underlying trend.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The conjurer said, “My word, Reverend, you didn’t exaggerate in the least. I think little Ahbo will fit very nicely into our family.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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"I doubt 'SI' will stick, in part because it exaggerates the current capacities of AI," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Mr. Futterman occasionally exaggerates his case with over-the-top prose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
One factor reinforcing Block’s motivation for shorting credit is his opinion that there is too much passive investing in the market that automatically exaggerates moves when they come.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
He exaggerates the difficulty of being a student, but his exaggeration reveals a general predicament.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Meanwhile, the ABI's figures found that exaggerated loss remains the most common type of insurance fraud, with 26,900 cases identified.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Yet, Pattinson is so exaggerated, so commedia dell’awful, that if the real Chris Hansen doesn’t sue, it’ll be because he’s calculated that no one would seriously believe this is him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Second, as others have noted, the claim is exaggerated at best.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Camille Grand, a former assistant secretary-general of NATO, said that some complaints were exaggerated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Through the earmuffs I can still hear Kiki’s exaggerated screams, the creak of the swings, and Madge’s shouts of “You missed me....No, not me! You’re it!” in a game of tag.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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The allegations in these indictments apparently are that they went beyond exaggerating the threats and actually supported these organizations to make them bigger threats so they could then monitor them or do whatever they did.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Given the prevalence of such changes, though, others are likely exaggerating their experience, he said: “A lot of it looks like AI washing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The former chair of the education faculty has also faced accusations of fabricating or exaggerating elements of his CV.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some economists question if the pattern is repeating itself, thus exaggerating the improvement in the labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
He drew it in rage, evilly, exaggerating the difficulties of communication, as if to punish himself for the absolute lack of sense with which he had chosen the place.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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