exaggerate

In climate data, "noise" refers to short-erm temperature changes that can temporarily hide or exaggerate the underlying trend.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Football quarterbacks sometimes exaggerate hits to sell roughing-the-passer penalties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

And I think it was interesting to try and find levels to it and to have the audience come with you, but not dramatize or exaggerate an emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Up-and-down oil prices can temporarily exaggerate underlying trends in inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

There was desperation in all she said, an emptiness at its core, or something excluded or unnamed that made her talk faster, and exaggerate with less conviction.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

One factor reinforcing Block’s motivation for shorting credit is his opinion that there is too much passive investing in the market that automatically exaggerates moves when they come.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

The Donroe doctrine also exaggerates the importance of natural resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

Tech’s overwhelming dominance of the S&P 500, where the top 10 stocks in the market comprise around 40% of its market value, and crucially a third of its collective earnings, exaggerates the ongoing pullback.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

Musk often exaggerates the abilities of the so-called Full Self-Driving mode available in Teslas, which cannot function without a human driver present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025

He exaggerates the difficulty of being a student, but his exaggeration reveals a general predicament.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Oscar De Mello, who helps run The Shed in Bristol which uses MoCap technology, said being one of those performers was a unique skillset, often having to use bigger, more exaggerated movements.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Reports of the book’s obsolescence were already exaggerated.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Some of his allegations were already known; others he gave no evidence for or exaggerated beyond recognition.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

As I reported in 2019, many of those arrangements turned out to be exaggerated or bogus, or predated Trump’s claim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

He puts his finger to his lips and winks grotesquely—an exaggerated gesture that pulls the side of his mouth up toward his eye.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Some economists question if the pattern is repeating itself, thus exaggerating the improvement in the labor market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

EU prosecutors first detailed the scam last May, accusing subsidy beneficiaries of making claims for land that they did not own and exaggerating the number of animals on farms.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

He is now officially listed at 5-foot-11—not that it can stop him from exaggerating and telling people he’s an inch taller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Alonso is exaggerating to make his point, but other drivers, such as world champion Lando Norris, would - and have - fundamentally agreed with what he is saying.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

I’d heard my mom talk about the Glitch rush, but I’d always thought she was exaggerating.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin