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“Some even exaggerate corruption details and fabricate scandals to attract traffic,” the magazine said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

In climate data, "noise" refers to short-erm temperature changes that can temporarily hide or exaggerate the underlying trend.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Rumanes’ lawsuit describes a “culture of deception” at Live Nation, saying its “basic business model was to misstate and exaggerate financial figures in efforts to solicit and secure business.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Up-and-down oil prices can temporarily exaggerate underlying trends in inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

Why had she felt the need to exaggerate the children’s progress just because Lady Constance’s remarks had annoyed her?

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

One factor reinforcing Block’s motivation for shorting credit is his opinion that there is too much passive investing in the market that automatically exaggerates moves when they come.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

Divided by competing urges to “join in and stand out,” the dandy exaggerates style to the point of satire and social impertinence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

Musk often exaggerates the abilities of the so-called Full Self-Driving mode available in Teslas, which cannot function without a human driver present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025

He exaggerates the word “theater” so that it sounds like thee-a-tah.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

But it now appears reports of the axis’ unraveling are exaggerated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Reports of his end have been greatly exaggerated: “Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the Supreme Court’s opinion reversing Roe v. Wade, is retiring, the court announced Tuesday.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The fairest answer is that he was partly right, for reasons he did not fully understand, and he exaggerated the promise.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Some of his allegations were already known; others he gave no evidence for or exaggerated beyond recognition.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

I was sure the rumors were grossly exaggerated, but we had no way to know one way or the other.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

In a recent Visier survey of 1,000 U.S. workers, 48% admitted to exaggerating their AI usage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“His kind of self-mythologizing and exaggerating is part of what makes his youth so interesting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Some economists question if the pattern is repeating itself, thus exaggerating the improvement in the labor market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

EU prosecutors first detailed the scam last May, accusing subsidy beneficiaries of making claims for land that they did not own and exaggerating the number of animals on farms.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

“You’re exaggerating again. I don’t remember those times.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy