distorted

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It’s a cracked mirror, with each fragment revealing a different, distorted image of the human psyche — and it’s really funny, too.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

"However, cancer should rather be understood as a distorted form of development."

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The principal themes, too, become distorted and recast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“They still are wrangling the underlying pass-through effects of higher tariffs, sticky services inflation, and a potentially distorted housing inflation rate,” Megan writes.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

In memory, distorted by a child’s sense of time, it had always seemed the length of a Shakespeare play.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan