exaggerate
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They say AI firms exaggerate the tech's abilities to boost their prominence or profit.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
All of these categories can distort or exaggerate GDP for reasons that have little to do with the health of the overall economy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
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 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
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Mr. Futterman occasionally exaggerates his case with over-the-top prose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
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
But really, he’s a cringe comedian who exaggerates his anxieties like a tragic clown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
He exaggerates his movements, lifting his feet like he is stepping onto a stage.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Second, as others have noted, the claim is exaggerated at best.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
But a Ukraine source told Agence France Presse the risk had been "exaggerated".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I generally find it exaggerated and melodramatic when someone says that one event or moment changed the rest of their life,” Mr. Daniels writes, but he insists that the claim is appropriate here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity—or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mr. Palmer made an exaggerated X across his chest with one hand.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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The allegations in these indictments apparently are that they went beyond exaggerating the threats and actually supported these organizations to make them bigger threats so they could then monitor them or do whatever they did.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 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
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
And so she appeased Tochi, putting America down, talking only about the things she, too, disliked about America, exaggerating her non-American accent, until the conversation became an enervating charade.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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