exaggerated
Example Sentences
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In a post on Facebook, he wrote that watching the news had made him "concerned" but he also felt, "The news sometimes presents exaggerated or misleading information".
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Since investors who lived through that era are now retired, few on Wall Street can provide a reality check to keep the stagflation narrative from becoming greatly exaggerated.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
A 9.8% output fall in Ireland exaggerated the January decline, though weakness was broad-based across capital and intermediate goods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
But some economists caution that temporary factors such as weather disruptions and labor strikes may have exaggerated the weakness.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
She didn’t actually need to ask, since of course we were going to work together, but she made an exaggerated you, me? gesture, and I grinned and nodded back.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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