exaggeration
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Mr. Posner’s article was titled “The Culture of Plagiarism,” but that was an exaggeration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The available data says the organizational response is at best a huge exaggeration of the rank and file’s view.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
It can’t be an exaggeration to say that tens of millions are grieving her death.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
My general note is particular to the genre: Comedy works best when exaggeration arises the way it does in nature, as a fact of personality rather than as a calculated theatrical effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Without exaggeration, UOCI’s Patrick Wallace called her the “leading spokesman for the poor in terms of problems with public and private housing.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
It was one of several exaggerations throughout the wide-ranging interview.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Wednesday's report confirms inaccuracies and exaggerations despite being there "a significant level of disorder" around the fixture.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Immergut found Oregon far more believable, dismissing many of the government’s assertions as exaggerations or worse.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025
Such exaggerations of scale—both up and down, but mostly up—are a key dynamic in the V&R vision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
While it was true that the rogue stories were full of exaggerations and lies, they had also stumbled into the truth.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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