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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsify
Swatting is a form of criminal harassment in which a person falsifies an emergency situation at another person’s residence, prompting either police or emergency services to respond to the fake call.
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Sara Belcher, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen said the council plans a hearing on the potential safety implications and cost to customers after a Maryland Public Service Commission investigation found a BGE inspector falsified his reports.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2025
The charges of conspiracy to falsify records, conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, honest services mail fraud, and falsification of records can lead to a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025
After Shane calls to give her the news, Mel eventually makes it to the hospital — mainly to confront Keith about falsifying his complicity in Heather’s death.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 May 2025
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Sara Belcher, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen said the council plans a hearing on the potential safety implications and cost to customers after a Maryland Public Service Commission investigation found a BGE inspector falsified his reports.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2025
The charges of conspiracy to falsify records, conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, honest services mail fraud, and falsification of records can lead to a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025
After Shane calls to give her the news, Mel eventually makes it to the hospital — mainly to confront Keith about falsifying his complicity in Heather’s death.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsify
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In other cases, studies in the report were misrepresented, according to the researchers who conducted them.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Its job is to present your skills and experience—your career story—in the best possible light without misrepresenting your qualifications.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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But defense attorney Getting never called his own fire expert to refute any of that.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
20 May 2025
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But rather than refute Mische’s analysis, the administration has been planting suggestions that Mische is employed by Saudi Arabia, even though his advice to that nation ended years ago.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
20 May 2025
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The cell phone camera has become both the tool humans use to perform and the reason that performance distorts even further in the eyes of others.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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Unfortunately, this racial lens merely distorts the rivalry narrative, transforming what should be celebrated as an engaging competitive dynamic into something unnecessarily contentious.—
Lindsey Darvin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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