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exaggerate

[ig-zaj-uh-reyt] / ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪt /


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John Davies, from the Insurance Fraud Bureau, said "opportunistic" customers were using AI to exaggerate genuine claims.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Sometimes inventories and trade balances can exaggerate the ups and downs in GDP, but that wasn’t the case in the fourth quarter.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

You can’t exaggerate how important television was in the making of this man, and I don’t mean “The Apprentice,” I mean those old movies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

There is no way to exaggerate the danger of this moment.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

At the same time, though, we must be careful not to assume that differences exist when they do not, or to exaggerate the ones that do.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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