exaggerate
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That said, I don’t want to exaggerate what’s happened to me so far.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mr. Stallone does not minimize the pain his parents caused him, nor does he exaggerate the effort required to get past it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
“The thing is, Eric does exaggerate a bit.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
The bigger this ratio, the more extreme the moves can be as leverage exaggerates them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
"I doubt 'SI' will stick, in part because it exaggerates the current capacities of AI," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Divided by competing urges to “join in and stand out,” the dandy exaggerates style to the point of satire and social impertinence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Tech’s dominance in the S&P 500, with the top 10 stocks comprising 40% of market value, exaggerates the current pullback.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
He exaggerates the word “theater” so that it sounds like thee-a-tah.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
Colombian deputy environment minister David Olarte Amaya, who is attending the summit, said the concerns about his country were exaggerated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Riedels and Mericle find numerous ways in which these extra costs have been miscaptured or exaggerated and conclude that “most of the 20 basis points contribution to core PCE from this category reflects mismeasurement.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
She added that "we won't need to AI it" - a reference to a TUV councillor who posted online an AI image which exaggerated the size of a loyalist rally in Portadown.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Muñoz admits he exaggerated his skill set to get his foot in the door, but he was determined to make the opportunity count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Aloe gave an exaggerated sigh when he saw him.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
“We have record high businesses that have gone out of business, bankruptcies, businesses that are leaving, family bankruptcies are at an all-time high,” Drazan said, exaggerating some.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
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
In a recent Visier survey of 1,000 U.S. workers, 48% admitted to exaggerating their AI usage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Arday is facing accusations of fabricating or exaggerating elements of his CV.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
I’m not exaggerating when I say this, but my heart literally started beating like I’d just run the longest race in the world.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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