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as in misrepresents
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 deforms
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 distorts
Beyond 100 people, culture often fragments, communication distorts and the founder’s vision weakens.
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Jonathan Low, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Organizers have labelled the move a blatant act of erasure that distorts history — a stark contrast to the joy and visibility celebrated at the cookout.
—Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
The African Union argues that the Mercator projection distorts the continent, both in size and global attention.
—Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Created by cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.
—Reuters 4 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Islamic eschatology warned of a deceiver who distorts perception, blurring reality.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Bessent's remarks were doubly misguided because the entire idea of pushing private accounts as a Social Security substitute deliberately and insidiously distorts the whole purpose of Social Security.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
This selective outrage distorts the reality on the ground and undermines efforts to protect civilians.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Stretching distorts the picture somewhat, but text is still legible, and the display has proved resistant to wear and tear from stretching.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2021
Jonathan Low, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Organizers have labelled the move a blatant act of erasure that distorts history — a stark contrast to the joy and visibility celebrated at the cookout.
—Essence, 6 Sep. 2025
The African Union argues that the Mercator projection distorts the continent, both in size and global attention.
—Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Created by cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.
—Reuters 4 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Islamic eschatology warned of a deceiver who distorts perception, blurring reality.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Bessent's remarks were doubly misguided because the entire idea of pushing private accounts as a Social Security substitute deliberately and insidiously distorts the whole purpose of Social Security.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
This selective outrage distorts the reality on the ground and undermines efforts to protect civilians.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Stretching distorts the picture somewhat, but text is still legible, and the display has proved resistant to wear and tear from stretching.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorts
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This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.—
Brendan Harley,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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David McNew/Getty Images Dessler is just one of many leading climate scientists who voiced concerns about the DOE report, saying it is riddled with errors, shows signs of bias and misrepresents some research findings in order to downplay the threats from climate change.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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This movement deforms a fault network stretching west, where shallow earthquake occur (shown in orange and red).—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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With an almost modern-day Charlie Chaplin-esque physicality, Moss dances, contorts, and frolics amongst the shoes, their boxes, and fixtures in the store for a mesmerizing, can't-look-away effect.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Stewart contorts his face with a look of disbelief when asked if Montgomery has stayed on him.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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The text, too, warps the truth.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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The massive object warps spacetime and thus the path of light from that background source.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Distorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorts. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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