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as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible
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as in deforming
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position
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Recent Examples of distorting
Other factors may also be distorting reports of public support for political violence.
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Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Still, another way to view it is that AI is the latest tool in humanity’s long history of shaping and distorting narratives.
—Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Peering into deep space, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find places to study gravitational lensing, an effect in which massive objects such as galaxies warp space-time itself, bending and distorting the light of even more distant galaxies behind them.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Petrified faces tightly framed by the distorting lens of the camera.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The impermanence of our digital footprint, especially in this age of AI scraping and incomplete catalog streaming, is distorting our story.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Kimmel’s September 15 monologue accused MAGA supporters of distorting the shooter’s motives, despite reports that the assailant leaned left politically.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Carr said Monday that Democrats are distorting his comments and misrepresenting the work at the FCC.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
But at his recent press conference, the President stood at the dais and delivered a barrage of falsehoods that might not be obviously false to most Americans—misrepresenting evidence on autism, distorting research on vaccines, and offering a grab bag of unscientific medical opinions.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Still, another way to view it is that AI is the latest tool in humanity’s long history of shaping and distorting narratives.
—Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025
Peering into deep space, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find places to study gravitational lensing, an effect in which massive objects such as galaxies warp space-time itself, bending and distorting the light of even more distant galaxies behind them.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Petrified faces tightly framed by the distorting lens of the camera.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
The impermanence of our digital footprint, especially in this age of AI scraping and incomplete catalog streaming, is distorting our story.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Kimmel’s September 15 monologue accused MAGA supporters of distorting the shooter’s motives, despite reports that the assailant leaned left politically.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Carr said Monday that Democrats are distorting his comments and misrepresenting the work at the FCC.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
But at his recent press conference, the President stood at the dais and delivered a barrage of falsehoods that might not be obviously false to most Americans—misrepresenting evidence on autism, distorting research on vaccines, and offering a grab bag of unscientific medical opinions.
—Dr. Craig Spencer, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorting
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The settlement alleged that TFG Holding violated state consumer protection laws by misrepresenting the price consumers could expect to pay for products advertised on the company’s websites.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Evans also paid a $62,500 fine to the State of Colorado for misrepresenting the hand sanitizer.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
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The membrane bottleneck Most TFC membranes today can handle about 15-20 bar pressure before deforming.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Outside that moment, everyone resumed contorting themselves to serve the Establishment in one way or another to survive.—
Eddie Huang,
Curbed,
9 Oct. 2025
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The shoulder cut-out is designed for side sleepers, so there’s no pillow-bunching or spine-contorting in the process of getting comfortable.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
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Plumbing in an old house requires reaching into funny crevices and screwing things the right way.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
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Put the stopper back in the sink before re-screwing the pivot nut, horizontal rod, and sliding your under sink items back into place.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
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In another film with a less happy outcome, the woman who claims to be the amnesiac’s wife is an impostor who ends up torturing him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, before season one aired, Page Six reported Zakkour was allegedly at the scene of the arrest of crypto investor John Woeltz, who has been charged with kidnapping and torturing a man alongside William Duplessie, per AP News.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Seasonal activities are planned according to guest request and include curling, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and ice skating on nearby Lake Placid.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Mora scored twice against Spain to rescue a draw in the group stage, first skipping into the box after a nutmeg and a neat one-two and curling into the corner before a snapshot volley at the far post.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Made from carbon steel with a durable nonstick coating, these pans are built to resist warping and make cleanup easy.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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This is the most spectacular form of gravitational lensing in which the gravity of a foreground object — in this case a massive elliptical galaxy — is warping space.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Distorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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