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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsify
The operator of the hyperbaric chamber, 60-year-old Aleta Moffitt, also faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter and one count of falsifying medical records, Nessel's office said.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
The charge of falsifying immigration applications carries up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
The officers falsified incident reports and denied the family’s actual experience, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Rodriguez had accused Clancy of falsifying participation data and used public funds to boost his for-profit business before SANDAG reclaimed administration of the program.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
The charge of falsifying immigration applications carries up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
The officers falsified incident reports and denied the family’s actual experience, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Rodriguez had accused Clancy of falsifying participation data and used public funds to boost his for-profit business before SANDAG reclaimed administration of the program.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
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Corson proceeded to inform the court of Petersen’s previous convictions in 2016 and 2017 when she was charged with misrepresenting herself as her sister when stopped by law enforcement.—
Olivia Estright,
Twin Cities,
2 Apr. 2025
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If users can’t verify sources or if AI search engines misrepresent information, misinformation becomes harder to combat.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s own Social Security chief eventually refuted the claim.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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His lawyers refute the charges and argue no crimes have been committed that violate his visa.—
Anna Spiegel,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Rosenworcel also dismissed a challenge to a Fox station license alleging that Fox willfully distorted news with false reports of fraud in the 2020 election that Trump lost.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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But the only thing that is wild here is how badly the science supporting fluoridation is being distorted or ignored.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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