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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
In his first term, Trump opened his hotel near the Oval Office to foreign ambassadors and lobbyists in what many legal scholars argued was a violation of a constitutional ban against presidents receiving payments or gifts that could distort public policy for private gain.
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Bernard Condon, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
Lang uses the film to explore how paranoia can distort reality, and how living in a state in which no one can be trusted can feel a lot like insanity.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Fear of failure blocks action, dissuades discovery and growth, distorts reality, and creates inaccurate and unfounded narratives.
—Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
William Morrow, 352 pages, $30 The best historical fiction folds real events into a plausible narrative, with a soupçon of embellishment, without distorting the facts while making these events as relevant as today’s incidents.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
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Bernard Condon, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
Lang uses the film to explore how paranoia can distort reality, and how living in a state in which no one can be trusted can feel a lot like insanity.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Fear of failure blocks action, dissuades discovery and growth, distorts reality, and creates inaccurate and unfounded narratives.
—Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
William Morrow, 352 pages, $30 The best historical fiction folds real events into a plausible narrative, with a soupçon of embellishment, without distorting the facts while making these events as relevant as today’s incidents.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by members of the church in October 2024, stems from allegations that Gateway was not transparent with its finances and misrepresented how donations were spent despite generating $100 million in revenue in the past, according to The Christian Post.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2025
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Practicing Forgiveness—For Your Partner And Yourself Much like gratitude, forgiveness is commonly misrepresented.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Based on analysis of satellite measurements, the collision deformed sedimentary and volcanic rock layers as far as 6.2 miles to the north and south of the impact crater, while leaving the east and west relatively unscathed.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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The elements were slowly crushing the base as the gradual movement of the ice sheet deformed the structures.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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At the start of the production, when Blanche arrives at her sister’s dumpy apartment, a lithe young man (Jabez Sykes) contorts himself in abstract choreography.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The dancers contorted themselves accordingly: ohh eee enn owooooooo.—
Matthew Sherrill,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Slowly lift your upper body off the mat, eventually curling to extend the arms toward the feet.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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Your feet should be hip-width apart with your toes curled forward.—
Dana Santas,
CNN,
12 Mar. 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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Passing has emotionally warped the light-skinned brother, and the tensions between the two that began in childhood because of their different skin colors explode as the two compete for a woman who turns out to be white.—
Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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Check if the drip pans are removable and safe for soaking or scrubbing, as some materials can scratch or warp with harsh cleaners or abrasive pads, according to Stein.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Distort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distort. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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