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exaggeration

[ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪgˌzædʒ əˈreɪ ʃən /


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“When I called 911, this is no exaggeration, I was on hold for 30 minutes before I got a person. Thirty full minutes,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It’s no exaggeration to say 2025 was a blowout year for quantum stocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Epidemiologist Abby Lippman dubbed such exaggeration of what genes do “geneticization,” and Ball calls geneticization a “hair’s breadth away from eugenics.”

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Seyfried’s performance is, no exaggeration, one of the finest and most mesmerizing turns any actor has given across the thriller genre.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

I can say without exaggeration that Dussel has definitely got a screw loose.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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