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
These models produce stable, coherent faces without the flicker, warping or structural distortions around the eyes and jawline that once served as reliable forensic evidence of deepfakes.
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Siwei Lyu, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
Advertisement The first step to overcoming these thoughts and feelings is identifying this cognitive distortion.
—Dr. Brook Choulet, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
But if the manufacturing challenges facing hollow-core lines can be overcome, both higher capacities and cleaner signals (with fewer of glass’s nonlinear distortions) could be part of fiber’s future.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
This strategy helped maintain cohesion within the group and prevented the additional barrels from creating distortions in market fundamentals.
—Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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Siwei Lyu, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
Advertisement The first step to overcoming these thoughts and feelings is identifying this cognitive distortion.
—Dr. Brook Choulet, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
But if the manufacturing challenges facing hollow-core lines can be overcome, both higher capacities and cleaner signals (with fewer of glass’s nonlinear distortions) could be part of fiber’s future.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
This strategy helped maintain cohesion within the group and prevented the additional barrels from creating distortions in market fundamentals.
—Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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deformation
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The result is a material that is both lightweight and extraordinarily resistant to deformation, capable of dispersing immense kinetic energy.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Dec. 2025
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Though cranial deformations were not unheard of in Mesoamerica, researchers stressed that this type is less common than other types in the region — and unusually combines both tabular erect and tabular superior styles.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Distortion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distortion. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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