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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
Mercury’s clash with Neptune distorts the reality of a situation.
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Usa Today, USA Today, 3 June 2026
In this process, a sufficiently intense electromagnetic field distorts the atom’s potential barrier so strongly that an electron can effectively tunnel out through quantum mechanical effects.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
A little past the halfway point, a heavy drumbeat crashes in and their voice distorts into screams and screeches, transforming the song from folk lament to dissonant protest.
—Nia Coats, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
Critics say that using it distorts the truth of a performance, but supporters believe that the tech discourages disruptions.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
The paper burns away when fired in the kiln, leaving a structure that slumps and distorts under the effects of heat and gravity.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
But the idea that an AI bot can determine a verdict by assessing evidence distorts the meaning of legal judgment.
—Sonali Chakravarti, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
But in doing that, that distorts the economics for all patients everywhere.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
This also distorts the definition of what success for these programs would look like.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Usa Today, USA Today, 3 June 2026
In this process, a sufficiently intense electromagnetic field distorts the atom’s potential barrier so strongly that an electron can effectively tunnel out through quantum mechanical effects.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
A little past the halfway point, a heavy drumbeat crashes in and their voice distorts into screams and screeches, transforming the song from folk lament to dissonant protest.
—Nia Coats, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
Critics say that using it distorts the truth of a performance, but supporters believe that the tech discourages disruptions.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
The paper burns away when fired in the kiln, leaving a structure that slumps and distorts under the effects of heat and gravity.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
But the idea that an AI bot can determine a verdict by assessing evidence distorts the meaning of legal judgment.
—Sonali Chakravarti, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
But in doing that, that distorts the economics for all patients everywhere.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
This also distorts the definition of what success for these programs would look like.
—Catherine Thorbecke, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorts
Verb
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But Thomas’s focus on Wilson misrepresents his role in the Progressive movement.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Tyler Robinson's defense has argued that broadcasts of the proceedings create a media frenzy that often misrepresents him and could bias potential jurors.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Kinks are critical in determining where a material deforms, appearing in situations such as metals bending permanently or DNA strands separating.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.—
Rachael Seidler,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot.—
Levi Dayan,
Pitchfork,
11 May 2026
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Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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However, even for the Rimbaud-faithful in the crowd, Wang never seems satisfied with rote presentation, and warps the confines of his form with magnificent imagination.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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Knibbs asks Steve Rosenbaum, whose book about how AI warps perception was produced with assistance from AI, to explain himself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Verb
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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 8 Jun. 2026.
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