exaggerate
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Rumanes’ lawsuit describes a “culture of deception” at Live Nation, saying its “basic business model was to misstate and exaggerate financial figures in efforts to solicit and secure business.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
John Davies, from the Insurance Fraud Bureau, said "opportunistic" customers were using AI to exaggerate genuine claims.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
You can’t exaggerate how important television was in the making of this man, and I don’t mean “The Apprentice,” I mean those old movies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
“Thin conditions exaggerate moves,” he said — meaning any rally driven by headlines, rather than oil flows, may be something to avoid chasing.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
To exaggerate a bit, the one-in-eleven figure is a little like saying that nine out of ten people will develop age spots, which doesn’t mean it should be a major preoccupation of thirty-year-olds.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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