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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible
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as in to deform
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position
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Recent Examples of distort
For example, superstructures can bend light in a phenomenon called gravitational lensing, distort our measurements of the universe’s expansion and impact the cosmic microwave background (CMB)—a type of radiation scientists depend on to study the Big Bang.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2025
On top of that, people sometimes deliberately distort research findings to promote a certain agenda.
—Aimee Pugh Bernard, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
The same pastel paint and glass blocks are featured here, distorting the tall palm trees outside.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
The wealth that’s poured in over the past few decades has distorted people’s notion of what life here used to be like.
—Peter Kiefer, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2025
On top of that, people sometimes deliberately distort research findings to promote a certain agenda.
—Aimee Pugh Bernard, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
The same pastel paint and glass blocks are featured here, distorting the tall palm trees outside.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
The wealth that’s poured in over the past few decades has distorted people’s notion of what life here used to be like.
—Peter Kiefer, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distort
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The firm has accused him of misrepresenting his role, and Fishback is countersuing for defamation.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Fact check: Post misrepresents satirical petition as $1 trillion offer for California Heusgen debunked the claim in the Facebook post in a Feb. 17 X post, explaining that his show of emotion was related to his retirement as chairman, not Vance's statements.—
Hannah Hudnall,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The batteries were also tested at temperatures as high as 200 degrees Celsius; the output voltage was nearly the same in spite of the heat, and the battery didn’t expand or deform excessively.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2025
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Another expression emerged from everyday objects, which inspired Lynch to deform the mundane into a hellish din.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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But Big Food is adept at contorting nutrition science to promote its products.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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For artistic effect, many Japanese maple bonsai trees have an upright informal habit featuring a trunk that is either contorted, multi-stemmed or slanted.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Jan. 2025
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Over 500 athletes from 23 nations came together to participate in the sports tournament, which added the new winter sports of alpine skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing, biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling to its lineup for the first time.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Dust devils curled upwards toward the cerulean sky.—
Sue Mead,
Popular Science,
13 Feb. 2025
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That’s a surefire way to bend the brim and otherwise misshape it.—
Talia Ergas,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2023
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The misshapen hemoglobin misshape the cells.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
19 Dec. 2022
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Scalpers are a big problem making the concert-going experience worse — but at the root of the chaos is unmanageable, roof-shattering demand that has warped beyond recognition what people are willing to pay for a show.—
Whizy Kim,
Vox,
12 Feb. 2025
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Here’s my answer Are California real estate markets warped by sober homes paying top dollar?—
Ethan Varian,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Distort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distort. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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