as in caricatures
the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts
their exaggeration was such that a rainstorm became a hurricane
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Recent Examples of exaggerations
Free of the trappings and exaggerations of the 1980s, fashion had turned to celebrating clothes in their simplest, purest form, with invisible seams and clean lines, devoid of embellishments and in a strictly neutral, pattern-free palette.
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Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
But Chan also claimed to have ties to Asian gangs, at one point asked Kim to help him get rid of a body and spoke about killing other students, which Chan came to see as lies or exaggerations.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
Who knew what other wild exaggerations Wise had chosen to believe?
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
While some of his bold claims have come true, others have gone down as vast exaggerations or outright lies.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
Those were among multiple other apparent mistruths and exaggerations about his background and qualifications.
—William Morris, Des Moines Register, 15 Jan. 2026
But that’s only fair, since wild exaggerations are exactly what music videos are all about.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
Too often, these nations assume such threats are bluffs or exaggerations because their own logic struggles to grasp that someone would be so blatant.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
There’ll be scenes that are inspired on certain realities, and there’ll be exaggerations.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
But Chan also claimed to have ties to Asian gangs, at one point asked Kim to help him get rid of a body and spoke about killing other students, which Chan came to see as lies or exaggerations.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
Who knew what other wild exaggerations Wise had chosen to believe?
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
While some of his bold claims have come true, others have gone down as vast exaggerations or outright lies.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
Those were among multiple other apparent mistruths and exaggerations about his background and qualifications.
—William Morris, Des Moines Register, 15 Jan. 2026
But that’s only fair, since wild exaggerations are exactly what music videos are all about.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
Too often, these nations assume such threats are bluffs or exaggerations because their own logic struggles to grasp that someone would be so blatant.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
There’ll be scenes that are inspired on certain realities, and there’ll be exaggerations.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaggerations
Noun
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Making matters worse, most of the supporting characters feel like caricatures.—
Chase Hutchinson,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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By the end, Moral Orel was not using caricatures to spoof these dummies and the whole concept of religion but looking deeply at them and seeing flawed, but perhaps not irredeemable, people.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Vogue points to bold and bright sneakers for spring, plus those with details like sequins and floral embroideries, among other trends.—
Claire Peltier,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Knit tops with coordinating embroideries complemented most denim collections.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Certainly the government has a role to play in helping synagogues, churches, mosques, schools and others in putting up security barriers, training security officers and those physical security enhancements.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Exaggerations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exaggerations. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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