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as in to enhance
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures
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as in to overstate
to describe or express in too strong terms
it would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of this entrance exam
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Recent Examples of exaggerate
The double dissent from governors Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller exaggerate the split within the Fed.
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Bill Dudley, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
These processing measures can exaggerate apricots' effects on blood sugar.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
Mandel criticized the media for accepting Hamas’s claims at face value, which exaggerates the crisis and undermines non-Hamas aid efforts.
—Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
Ari Ben Menashe, a onetime Israeli operative whom Israeli and American officials have said is a fabulist who vastly exaggerates and fabricates, claims to have run Epstein as an asset.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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Bill Dudley, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
These processing measures can exaggerate apricots' effects on blood sugar.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
Mandel criticized the media for accepting Hamas’s claims at face value, which exaggerates the crisis and undermines non-Hamas aid efforts.
—Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
Ari Ben Menashe, a onetime Israeli operative whom Israeli and American officials have said is a fabulist who vastly exaggerates and fabricates, claims to have run Epstein as an asset.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaggerate
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What steps to follow when driving in the rain? Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Israel could tinker with reality, annex parts of the occupied territories and withdraw from others, and grant Palestinians enhanced measures of autonomy and self-governance and better economic opportunities, all without blunting the Jewish state’s over-all control.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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There’s a danger of overstating the significance of one band.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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And finally… There’s no overstating the scale of the crisis at Sheffield Wednesday.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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The hosts padded their lead in the fourth.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Still, after whupping the White Sox 10-4 on Thursday night, Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger asserted that there's no shame in padding the record against low-quality competition, which is objectively true.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the actor slips into the role flawlessly (with the help of good makeup), never overdoing it and adding a fair amount of gravitas to the constantly shifting scenery.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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Cover all spots or rust, but don’t overdo it.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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The filthy talk of collusion, of course hyperbolized by Unsocial Media, again is crawling out of the swamp.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2023
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Yet the internet — the same force that has increased awareness of social-justice movements — has hyperbolized all entreaties to our fragmented attention spans.—
Lauren Oyler,
New York Times,
8 May 2018
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Counsell said the right-hander would start in the bullpen but stay stretched out in case the team needs an extra starter.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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That storm, still the one to beat, towered more than a mile into the sky, stretched across nearly 100 miles of the desert at times and deposited 40,000 tons of dust across Phoenix.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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It’s crafted from a blend of natural fibers (40 percent wool and 60 percent jute) that creates streaks of darker and lighter-colored strands throughout the rug.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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By September, aspen and balsam poplar trees at the entrance are a brilliant yellow, and scrub vegetation (also known as the taiga) turns rust colored, making for an impressive vista.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
25 Aug. 2025
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The dormant account fee is equivalent to the account balance or $10, whichever is less, but the fee will not overdraw your account.—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
30 Aug. 2025
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At least one of the checks went into his wife’s bank account, which was then overdrawn, according to police.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Exaggerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exaggerate. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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