as in deformation
the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition
had to total the car due to a distortion of the chassis resulting from collision
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Recent Examples of distortion
Onstage, there’s a moment when your live-videoed face goes in and out of distortion, and in and out of a beautification filter.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Some of those in the liberty movement fear that a U.S. stockpile could lead to politically motivated market distortion.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Unlike tariffs, alternative forms of taxation collect large amounts of revenue and impose few economic distortions—particularly forms of taxation that apply low tax rates to a large tax base.
—Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.
—Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
Some of those in the liberty movement fear that a U.S. stockpile could lead to politically motivated market distortion.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Unlike tariffs, alternative forms of taxation collect large amounts of revenue and impose few economic distortions—particularly forms of taxation that apply low tax rates to a large tax base.
—Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.
—Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for distortion
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“Distortion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distortion. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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