distorted
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The data are there, he points out, but they are often concealed or distorted.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The story "does not correspond to the truth in any way", spokesman Matteo Bruni said, the day after the Pentagon dismissed the account as "highly exaggerated and distorted".
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
They argued to CMS that the rates were based on underestimates of healthcare spending trends, and that the recalibration distorted the payment setups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Throughout history, he added, the Christian mission “has not infrequently been distorted by a desire for domination, entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Squares on the floor become trapezoids in a painting; everything gets gently distorted, but it looks perfectly natural to the viewer.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Elie Wiesel's "Hope, Despair and Memory" (1986)
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"An Awful Human Trade," Vocabulary from the news article
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