as in deformations
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 distortions
Slight distortions of gas suggest there may be interactions between the cloud and galaxy.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Now, if the election is close, those interventions and distortions may be enough.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
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.
—Siwei Lyu, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
The findings show that, while individual fullerene cages undergo reversible distortions, the overall bridged scaffold remains intact.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 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
The combination of the preference for sons in Chinese culture and the one-child mandate has produced severe distortions in the country’s ratio of men to women that will be evident even decades from now.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The blurriness in Webb's API images was traced to electronic distortions arising on Webb's infrared camera detector.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Now, if the election is close, those interventions and distortions may be enough.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
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.
—Siwei Lyu, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
The findings show that, while individual fullerene cages undergo reversible distortions, the overall bridged scaffold remains intact.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 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
The combination of the preference for sons in Chinese culture and the one-child mandate has produced severe distortions in the country’s ratio of men to women that will be evident even decades from now.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The blurriness in Webb's API images was traced to electronic distortions arising on Webb's infrared camera detector.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distortions
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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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Scientists in 2024 confirmed that Earth’s inner core reversed its spin, and in February 2025 the same team revealed changes to the inner core’s shape, with deformations in its shallowest level.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
29 Dec. 2025
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The genetic disorder is a connective tissue disease that leads to fragile bones and related complications like short stature, bone deformities, and fractures, per Mayo Clinic.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Dec. 2025
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Roots become dehydrated, and water stress causes stunting, deformities, and dieback.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Distortions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distortions. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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