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exaggerate

[ig-zaj-uh-reyt] / ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪt /


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They say AI firms exaggerate the tech's abilities to boost their prominence or profit.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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

The WHO commission’s unstandardized figures exaggerate the problem more than 50-fold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

At Eski§ehir, Turkish troops lit campfires to exaggerate their strength.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"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 his movements, lifting his feet like he is stepping onto a stage.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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

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

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s an idea that simply to get through the day we are playing a role of sorts, tuning our conversations to please others, or presenting exaggerated, false or tidied-up versions of ourselves on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

At an invitation-only gathering of dozens of America’s top executives in Washington this week, business leaders overwhelmingly disagreed with the president’s assessment that dangers posed by artificial intelligence are being exaggerated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

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

“His kind of self-mythologizing and exaggerating is part of what makes his youth so interesting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Arday is facing accusations of fabricating or exaggerating elements of his CV.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I said I was bom knowing what to do when I sat with Cecile: Don’t cry.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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