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hyperbolic

[hahy-per-bol-ik] / ˌhaɪ pərˈbɒl ɪk /




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Sure, Glick is notoriously hyperbolic, but is he that far off the mark?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Early’s women may be exaggerated portraits, but we live in a hyperbolic world.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Burden’s words leapt from the page to hyperbolic social mythmaking of near financial ruin at the hands of a dastardly husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 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

What he thought was a hyperbolic exaggeration would come true all too soon.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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