exaggerate
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That said, I don’t want to exaggerate what’s happened to me so far.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
They say AI firms exaggerate the tech's abilities to boost their prominence or profit.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
These two categories often gyrate up and down and exaggerate changes in GDP.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Some even exaggerate corruption details and fabricate scandals to attract traffic,” the magazine said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
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The bigger this ratio, the more extreme the moves can be as leverage exaggerates them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 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
The self-proclaimed "Chief Troll Officer" often exaggerates in an ambiguous way, unclear if he's being sincere or ironic.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024
He exaggerates the word “theater” so that it sounds like thee-a-tah.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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The dynamics, and the exaggerated contrast between the high and light and the lower and darker, make all the difference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Micron stock has struggled, but fears of memory-chip competition might be exaggerated.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
But he told the BBC that enhanced graphics and lighting capabilities unintentionally exaggerated the already-spooky Skulltula House and its potential to strike fear into players.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Riedels and Mericle find numerous ways in which these extra costs have been miscaptured or exaggerated and conclude that “most of the 20 basis points contribution to core PCE from this category reflects mismeasurement.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Hudson’s was harsher and always sounded exaggerated, even when it was real.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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Some computer models are accused of exaggerating the significance of their findings, with the human researchers that oversee them then believing some of the claims without enough scepticism.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
I’m not exaggerating when I say this happens every single time we go to the movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Given the prevalence of such changes, though, others are likely exaggerating their experience, he said: “A lot of it looks like AI washing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I’m not exaggerating when I say this, but my heart literally started beating like I’d just run the longest race in the world.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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