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Extracting such a weak signal required the researchers to carefully account for many different sources of interference that could distort the measurements.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Even in a normal market, this behavior has the potential to distort the cost of fertilizer for American farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The practice “may distort competition, stifle innovation, and potentially lead to monopolies or market concentration in strategic sectors,” as the Center for Strategic and International Studies put it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

She added: "No matter what noises exist out there, nothing will be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or not as real to me as this love that we share."

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Even when Stravinsky borrowed from Russian ethnic folk music, which he did in several of his Diaghilev ballet scores, he did so in order to distort it through some mischievous prism.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Flying Food Group vehemently denied the substance of the complaint, writing in its statement that “images were staged, manipulated, taken out of context, or otherwise presented in a manner that distorts their meaning.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Mitchell and Pomerleau argue the exclusion is inefficient, distorts economic decision-making, and treats taxpayers with similar levels of income differently.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

"J1007+3540 is one of the clearest and most spectacular examples of episodic AGN with jet-cluster interaction, where the surrounding hot gas bends, compresses, and distorts the jets," Dr. Pal explained.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026

Bad weather often distorts the jobs report by making it seem as if employment was weaker than it really was.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

Unlike most mortals, she could see through the Mist—the magic veil that distorts human vision.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Bianco thinks the era of financial repression has given investors a distorted view of what returns they should expect from stocks and bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Estimates can also be distorted when women in control groups later receive screening themselves.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ramirez’s two classmates, an Asian woman and a white man, remained in the edited version, but they were changed to appear thinner, and their facial features were noticeably distorted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Capital allocation in the real economy became distorted, and price signals were suppressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“It has distorted her appearance savagely. Her mind remains human and intact, but her body is that of a beast and will remain so until the splendor is extracted from her.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

French motorists are clogging TotalEnergies service stations to fill up with discount gasoline but its rivals are crying foul, accusing the energy giant of distorting competition with the encouragement of the government.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

But there is a risk that, in markets with more retail activity, these same tools could help to drive even more investors into a handful of hot names, crowding stocks and distorting prices.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

In short, City effectively stand accused of subverting Premier League rules that clubs had agreed to comply with, and of distorting the competition over multiple seasons.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

This points to something else AI is distorting: international trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

They are created from the most ‘natural’ ratios, even taking into account the distorting fix of Equal Temperament.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall