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exaggerate

[ig-zaj-uh-rayt] / ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪt /


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"But its expanding uses also reveal how people are responding to that impulse. Some embrace it. Some exaggerate it for laughs. Others subvert it entirely to describe stepping back from the relentless pursuit of more."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

That said, I don’t want to exaggerate what’s happened to me so far.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mr. Stallone does not minimize the pain his parents caused him, nor does he exaggerate the effort required to get past it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

Suddenly ordinary people could get the benefit of computing without being programmers. ft is impossible to exaggerate how important this was to the flattening of the world.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

The bigger this ratio, the more extreme the moves can be as leverage exaggerates them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

"I doubt 'SI' will stick, in part because it exaggerates the current capacities of AI," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Divided by competing urges to “join in and stand out,” the dandy exaggerates style to the point of satire and social impertinence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

He exaggerates the word “theater” so that it sounds like thee-a-tah.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

He highlighted how exaggerated some moves were in the most popular hedge fund longs and shorts and pointed to it being the second-most volatile day of the year for this class of stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

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

But negative sentiment about the UK market - which was often exaggerated - had contributed to companies leaving in the past, she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Muñoz admits he exaggerated his skill set to get his foot in the door, but he was determined to make the opportunity count.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

I take an exaggerated deep breath in, inhaling the smell of rain in the desert.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

What I was saying before is that they were exaggerating the threat.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

In a recent Visier survey of 1,000 U.S. workers, 48% admitted to exaggerating their AI usage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“His kind of self-mythologizing and exaggerating is part of what makes his youth so interesting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"They've scored 60% of their goals that way," Klopp said of the Gunners - exaggerating for effect.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

She walked gingerly up the slanted roof, exaggerating the difficulty of balancing without her hands.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld


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