hyperbolic
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This sports documentary series often veers toward sensationalistic or at least hyperbolic stories, but this episode largely avoids that trap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
After World War II the Beats were reinventing bohemia, giving the old wayward ways a hyperbolic intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Early’s women may be exaggerated portraits, but we live in a hyperbolic world.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Previous studies published in Science and Nature Communications had already observed tightly confined light waves called hyperbolic plasmon polaritons traveling through the crystal.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
Some are clearly the work of nutjobs—clinically paranoid people who need professional help, not arenas in which to vent their hyperbolic conspiracy theories.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Vocabulary lists containing hyperbolic
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