exaggeration

Example Sentences

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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

In “Anomalisa,” Noonan was credited with playing “Everyone Else” — and that wasn’t an exaggeration.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

“By removing these boxed warnings, we ensure that women receive accurate information about hormone therapy—free from exaggeration or fear,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

“I saw some government people on TV saying it’s just exaggeration and sensationalism and what and what… you know them and their big words!”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo