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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
That warping distorts the image in the same way that wearing someone else’s glasses blurs your sight.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2026
My biggest pet-peeve is when the comforter escapes from the duvet cover enclosures and ends up as a wadded mess that distorts the entire bedding set up.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
How Strategic Silence Damages Organizations Silence distorts decision-making.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
When the secretary bypasses or distorts that structure, the guidance loses its claim to legitimacy.
—Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
Freedom from want mattered because deprivation distorts judgment.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
When identity distorts reality Social identity can shape how people interpret even objectively true facts.
—Justin Angle, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Some legal experts say the use of qualified immunity in these off-duty jobs, where officers are paid and directed by private businesses, distorts the original intent of the legal doctrine.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
This large object strongly distorts the surrounding temperature field.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Dec. 2025
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2026
My biggest pet-peeve is when the comforter escapes from the duvet cover enclosures and ends up as a wadded mess that distorts the entire bedding set up.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
How Strategic Silence Damages Organizations Silence distorts decision-making.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
When the secretary bypasses or distorts that structure, the guidance loses its claim to legitimacy.
—Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
Freedom from want mattered because deprivation distorts judgment.
—Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
When identity distorts reality Social identity can shape how people interpret even objectively true facts.
—Justin Angle, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Some legal experts say the use of qualified immunity in these off-duty jobs, where officers are paid and directed by private businesses, distorts the original intent of the legal doctrine.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
This large object strongly distorts the surrounding temperature field.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorts
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Following a misleading report on hospital finances, The Denver Post published an editorial that misrepresents UCHealth’s role in caring for Colorado patients and misstates key facts about our financial operations.—
Elizabeth B. Concordia,
Denver Post,
29 Dec. 2025
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The Washington Post is currently pioneering the field of AI slop podcasts, allowing users to generate audio content that, according to staffers, is full of errors and misrepresents articles by the newspaper’s actual reporters.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
14 Dec. 2025
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Conventional drones hit their limits at around 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) as their frame deforms and electronics fail.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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According to Burlison, the video shows a high-speed object—presumably the missile—hitting the orb, which then deforms, tumbles, and sheds smaller fragments, one barely visible.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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At this point, you’d be forgiven for expecting a straightforward werewolf story, but Cassidy’s novel stretches and contorts into something far stranger, more audacious, and ultimately, both heartbreaking and triumphant.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 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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Their gravity warps space and time around them so much that no information from their confines can escape back out to the wider universe.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
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As Albert Einstein predicted in his theory of General Relativity, gravity warps the fabric of space-time.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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The retrospection tortures her.—
Alexandra Rockey Fleming,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Later, in one of the movie's most satisfying scenes, Millie locks Andrew in the attic and tortures him by loudly smashing each plate.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Distorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorts. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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