hyperbolic

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Critics say the marketing—including claims that 20 minutes equals four hours in the gym—is hyperbolic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Horror is filled with trend-hopping and mimicry — the genre itself holds a mirror to our cultural anxieties, replicating them with chilling, hyperbolic intensity.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

It also applies to hyperbolic geometries, which are commonly used in theoretical physics and modern models of spacetime.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

Government scientists found Schuchard’s prose hyperbolic, but the public ate it up.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

But Sullivan laced his 1924 autobiography with hyperbolic attacks on Burnham and the fair’s impact on the masses who came through its gates.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson