inflate
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Earlier this year, Yann LeCun, previously Meta’s chief AI scientist, claimed that benchmark results for Llama 4 had been manipulated to inflate the model’s perceived performance against competitors.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Many homes “inappropriately diagnosed residents with schizophrenia to mask the nursing homes’ misuse of antipsychotic drugs and to artificially inflate their star ratings,” it adds.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Charities are urging people not to turn their heating off as the war in Iran continues to inflate energy prices.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
And more importantly, he didn’t inflate it into a referendum on the character of New Yorkers.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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