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exaggeration

[ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪgˌzædʒ əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Epidemiologist Abby Lippman dubbed such exaggeration of what genes do “geneticization,” and Ball calls geneticization a “hair’s breadth away from eugenics.”

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Seyfried’s performance is, no exaggeration, one of the finest and most mesmerizing turns any actor has given across the thriller genre.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

“We cannot give everyone a trial, because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Steven Rosenbush: I agree there’s a lot of exaggeration, but actual specific companies that we’ve reported on like Walmart and Bank of New York are using agents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

It is no exaggeration to say that without the church, there would have been no movement.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson