- past participle of exaggerate.
- past tense form of exaggerate.
exaggerated
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Colombian deputy environment minister David Olarte Amaya, who is attending the summit, said the concerns about his country were exaggerated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
However, given very tight risk limits for hedge funds, when semis began to correct, forced de-risking exaggerated the drawdown.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
In explaining the gap, Yi describes what he calls a contamination cycle: Census figures were adjusted upward using education and household registration data that had themselves been exaggerated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, the ABI's figures found that exaggerated loss remains the most common type of insurance fraud, with 26,900 cases identified.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
I sighed and put down my book and said with greatly exaggerated patience, “The ferry is due about four, Grandma.”
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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