Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramatized
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Last year, Vancouver overemphasized size and physicality when building its second and third pairs, which led to a bottom four that was slow, lacked puck-moving skills, and was often hemmed in defensively.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025 -
But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.—
Kate Ruder,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The shows Maycee Steele would put on inspired her mom to enroll her in dance classes alongside her sibling.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
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Very few players that have ever put on a Jets uniform have meant more to the organization than Mangold, who played a pivotal role on several Jets teams that ended up reaching the conference championship over the course of his 11-year NFL career.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Machado also pushed back on suggestions that Venezuela’s role in drug trafficking had been exaggerated to support the argument of those calling for regime change.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Blazy exaggerated the frayed hems that Coco Chanel loved into ragged edges by letting the cloth be overtaken slowly with tiny hanging strings of beads.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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For his audience, Guede played up the resilience that 2Africa would provide his country.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
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In lobbying for a looser interpretation of copyright regs, the big AI players have played up the fact that restrictions would give China an edge in the AI race.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Some argue that the centrality of conflict and aggression in human evolutionary history is overstated and even misconstrued.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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Colin Murphy, co-director of UC Davis’ Energy Futures Research Program at the Institute of Transportation Studies, said that may be overstated.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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However, sensationalized headlines do little to advance meaningful reform.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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The series jumps back and forth between the ensuing investigation and snapshots of Gacy’s victims to illustrate how police bias allowed his predation to continue and later, how the media sensationalized his crimes.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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The tech guru further elaborated on his argument on X, saying workers should learn from AI, not be sidelined by it.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Beloved legends elaborated, not debunked Zarka is expanding her role as an authority on all matters monster with a book on cryptids.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Melodramatized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatized. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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