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as in misrepresenting
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 deforming
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 distorting
Too many firms are incentivizing rapid rollout over results, distorting responsible deployment.
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K. H. Koehler, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The lens shift, in the vertical direction only, offers similar flexibility for adjusting the projector's height relative to the screen without tilting the projector and distorting the image.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
These pressures are distorting the market.
—Vijay Dandapani, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
The comments reflect longstanding German concerns about what Berlin sees as an undervalued yuan, market-distorting subsidies and overcapacity among Chinese exporters that have built massive trade surpluses with Europe’s largest economy, amounting to 90 billion euros ($106 billion) last year.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Season 2 also brings the ensemble into sharper focus, particularly through the storyline of Hiroshi Randa (Takehiro Hira), who finds his still-youthful mother Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) after her decades in the time-distorting Axis Mundi.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Since his return to office in 2025, this firehose of lies has only accelerated, distorting everything from economic data to constitutional law.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
No Man's Sky creates entire galaxies by distorting archetypes through procedural variation.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Such content — whether produced as clickbait for commercial gain or for political motives — has proliferated over the past year, distorting the history of Nazi Germany's murder of six million European Jews during World War II.
—CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
K. H. Koehler, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The lens shift, in the vertical direction only, offers similar flexibility for adjusting the projector's height relative to the screen without tilting the projector and distorting the image.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
These pressures are distorting the market.
—Vijay Dandapani, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
The comments reflect longstanding German concerns about what Berlin sees as an undervalued yuan, market-distorting subsidies and overcapacity among Chinese exporters that have built massive trade surpluses with Europe’s largest economy, amounting to 90 billion euros ($106 billion) last year.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Season 2 also brings the ensemble into sharper focus, particularly through the storyline of Hiroshi Randa (Takehiro Hira), who finds his still-youthful mother Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) after her decades in the time-distorting Axis Mundi.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Since his return to office in 2025, this firehose of lies has only accelerated, distorting everything from economic data to constitutional law.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
No Man's Sky creates entire galaxies by distorting archetypes through procedural variation.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Such content — whether produced as clickbait for commercial gain or for political motives — has proliferated over the past year, distorting the history of Nazi Germany's murder of six million European Jews during World War II.
—CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorting
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Although uncommon, some public figures and health professionals have claimed that the vaccines could cause cancer despite ample contradictory evidence, often by misinterpreting or misrepresenting studies.—
Dannell D. Boatman,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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Hiding or misrepresenting income, or falsifying dependents or deductions, is a criminal offense that can result in prison time.—
Dan Avery,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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Their atoms are held together by strong chemical bonds and arranged in a stable crystal structure that resists deforming, even at extreme temperatures.—
Vitor Rielli,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2026
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Like stirring honey instead of water, deforming a thicker, more viscous interior requires more energy.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Dec. 2025
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In the first round of the 1993 tournament, against LSU Kidd’s drive through the lane and body-contorting, banker high off the backboard with one second left gave Cal a 66-64 win.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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But film and television stars lately have been contorting themselves to say less.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
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To make a profit from their business, American companies sent their manufacturing facilities overseas, screwing American workers by incurring smaller labor costs, therefore profiting rich investors who never had to work for it and used their money to make more money off the American consumer.—
Jay Reddick,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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All the setup required was screwing in the legs.—
Noah Kaufman,
Architectural Digest,
7 Mar. 2026
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Two recent cases of parents in Round Lake Beach and Fox Lake charged with several counts each of torturing and abusing their children — in one case allegedly causing a son’s death — point to the need for some sort of parental licensing.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Ayatollah ruled as a brutal dictator, killing and torturing his own people, imposing harsh restrictions on basic freedoms, and put the lives of our troops and global allies constantly at risk.—
Derek Tran,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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In that split second Mara peeled to his right, curling around Avila for the easy lay in.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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Berg Johnsen’s shot was one-timed and placed perfectly into the far left corner, curling away from the Galaxy goalkeeper.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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Sokolov also wields a much shorter lens, warping and exaggerating space with each swinging motion, while his cast moves in almost dance-like fashion.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Pale blue yarn stretched from the loom to a warping peg affixed to the lip of a Fender Deluxe Reverb amplifier, now requisitioned as part of the weaving setup.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Distorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorting. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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