exaggerate
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Customers risk having their claim rejected, their policy cancelled and potential prosecution if they invent or exaggerate a claim.
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
“No, sir. Ah, I would say, sir, judging from what 1 heard, that General Hill thinks that, ah, Pettigrew is not a professional and tends to be overexcited and perhaps to exaggerate a bit.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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