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distortion

[dih-stawr-shuhn] / dɪˈstɔr ʃən /


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She knew there was language and a body of research that plainly identified and unpacked what can otherwise be a head-spinning distortion of reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

And Yi argues the distortion has warped strategic thinking in both China and the U.S., feeding overconfidence in Beijing and anxiety in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A guidepost of Chilean hyper-pop, it is also a heart-wrenching mash of tenderness and distortion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

That distortion would change the apparent size of the patterns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

A voice materializes out of the distortion in his headphones, then fades, and he goes ferreting after it.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

One threat is to scientific journals, the guardians of scientific integrity, which are seen to be failing to deal with a tsunami of AI-generated distortions.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Strong gravitational lensing produces obvious distortions, including the striking arcs captured by JWST.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

As you may remember from high school, most maps of the world use the Mercator projection, which features considerable distortions, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

But what sounds reasonable and fair would create wild distortions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

However–and here’s the thing–people on the train would have no sense of these distortions.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson


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