exaggerate

“A lot of people exaggerate the 9-9-6,” he says, referring to founders who post online about working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Dalziel said: "She was a straightforward and calm witness. She did not exaggerate or embellish."

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

I don’t want to exaggerate, but the SnowCap Melter was the greatest thing anyone has ever eaten in the history of the world.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

"I doubt 'SI' will stick, in part because it exaggerates the current capacities of AI," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

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 dominance in the S&P 500, with the top 10 stocks comprising 40% of market value, exaggerates the current pullback.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

He exaggerates the word “theater” so that it sounds like thee-a-tah.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm

That FBI's public service announcement, external described ShinyHunters as "threat actors" who often "use their real or exaggerated claims of access to sensitive or personal information to prompt payment from victims".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Yet, Pattinson is so exaggerated, so commedia dell’awful, that if the real Chris Hansen doesn’t sue, it’ll be because he’s calculated that no one would seriously believe this is him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Second, as others have noted, the claim is exaggerated at best.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Tates’ lawyers said their social-media presence was intentionally exaggerated for their audience, including claims of being “trillionaires.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Instead of returning the salute, Bull stopped the car completely and stared with visible truculence at the guard who held his salute as rigidly as some umpires who call strikes on batters with exaggerated formality.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The allegations in these indictments apparently are that they went beyond exaggerating the threats and actually supported these organizations to make them bigger threats so they could then monitor them or do whatever they did.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

We got in, the car lurched forward and, I’m not exaggerating, less than a block later, the driver stopped the car, jumped out and opened my door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The former chair of the education faculty has also faced accusations of fabricating or exaggerating elements of his CV.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Thomas nodded, grumbling inside, sure that Alby was exaggerating.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner