exaggeration
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Kristina Kausch, a researcher at the German Marshall Fund, said it would be an exaggeration to speak of the end of the alliance.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
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
It’s no exaggeration to call the joint U.S.-U.K. military post on the island roughly 1,000 miles southwest of India a vital forward military deployment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
But it is not an exaggeration to say Newcastle have simply not been used to life without Guimaraes.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
“We are on peaceful terms with the spinners. We trade with them, we do not invade each other’s lands...but it would be an exaggeration to call them our friends.”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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Theodore Roosevelt on "The Man with the Muck Rake" (1906)
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