exaggerate

And I think it was interesting to try and find levels to it and to have the audience come with you, but not dramatize or exaggerate an emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The WHO commission’s unstandardized figures exaggerate the problem more than 50-fold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

Adding to the confusion is a recent University of Michigan study suggesting that the gloves worn by researchers may exaggerate results.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

The conjurer said, “My word, Reverend, you didn’t exaggerate in the least. I think little Ahbo will fit very nicely into our family.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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 dominance in the S&P 500, with the top 10 stocks comprising 40% of market value, exaggerates the current pullback.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

Dr Simon Williams at Swansea University now thinks health authorities have to be clearer about the dangers of some infectious diseases, in the face of online misinformation which often exaggerates the small risk of vaccines.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025

He exaggerates the difficulty of being a student, but his exaggeration reveals a general predicament.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

As I reported in 2019, many of those arrangements turned out to be exaggerated or bogus, or predated Trump’s claim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The exaggerated stock market moves owe much to heavy speculation by retail investors using leveraged products to capitalize on the Kospi’s record-breaking rally that started in the spring of 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

“Nvidia’s skeptics have exaggerated the threats to its GPU franchise,” wrote Meeks.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Krugman has argued the continent’s decline is exaggerated, that standard economic data has been distorted by the U.S. tech industry and doesn’t reflect the quality of life on either continent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Bull thanked his daughter with an exaggerated southern accent, then took a sip of coffee.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Yann LeCun, Meta’s former chief AI scientist, is among a minority who say America’s AI leaders only hoist themselves by exaggerating both the progress and danger of their latest models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

Flooding can trigger sewage releases into rivers and estuaries, threatening wildlife with disease and toxic water, "exaggerating the number of wildlife death events".

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

You think I’m exaggerating, that I should qualify my statement: I waited yes, but I also took a job, read books, spent days in air-raid shelters, filled out rationing papers, wrote letters, stayed alive.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff