1
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 pattern of the game — City with the ball, Palace sitting deep — was exaggerated by that early goal.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Trump has long been known for his tendency to exaggerate crowd sizes at his rallies and public events, a pattern that dates back to his very first days in office.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
Another hurdle is getting buy-in from red states, where many politicians have espoused the view that hate crimes and domestic terrorism concerns are exaggerated by liberals to police conservative thought.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
Business Implications Company leaders need not pay little attention to political arguments about whether the policies are good or bad; both proponents and opponents of a policy tend to exaggerate the effects of policies.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Trump has long been known for his tendency to exaggerate crowd sizes at his rallies and public events, a pattern that dates back to his very first days in office.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
Another hurdle is getting buy-in from red states, where many politicians have espoused the view that hate crimes and domestic terrorism concerns are exaggerated by liberals to police conservative thought.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
Business Implications Company leaders need not pay little attention to political arguments about whether the policies are good or bad; both proponents and opponents of a policy tend to exaggerate the effects of policies.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaggerate
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These gothic elements enhance the book’s central preoccupations of trust, fidelity, and the difficulty of fully knowing another person—or oneself.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Some things in life are mood enhancing and for me one of those things are narrowing down the products that will make it in my suitcase for my summer excursions.—
Samantha Mims,
Essence,
23 June 2025
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Yes, he’s been better, but the degree to which is likely overstated.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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Many Democrats have expressed public frustration with Hogg over the past few weeks, though Nellis said its importance is overstated.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
15 June 2025
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The battery life is rated at an impressive 30 hours with noise cancellation on, and the frame and ear cups are generously padded for long listening sessions without discomfort.—
Ars Staff,
ArsTechnica,
13 June 2025
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Despite the foundation’s massive growth, the Huangs are still padding the endowment’s coffers.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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The always good Farahani has a lot of screaming and shouting to do, pulling it off convincingly but then overdoing it in too many scenes of the same thing.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2025
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One of the best ways to accomplish this (without overdoing it) is to think about driving your knees forward and up.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
25 Apr. 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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But if the differences are too wide, the two chambers will need to hash things out in a process that could stretch for weeks or months.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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Closing arguments are set to begin this week, on Thursday, and stretch into the following day.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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That bitterness colored some of Andy Pages’ reaction Monday night when the Dodgers outfielder had words for Padres right-hander Dylan Cease after he was hit with a 98 mph fastball on the left elbow guard in the fourth inning.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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How does color, and by extension adornment, serve as a way to signal spiritual or emotional states within your work?—
Essence,
Essence,
17 June 2025
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The spacecraft’s computer, communications system and instruments all require energy to operate, so scientists are faced with a tough choice: hand select where to save power by sacrificing particular instruments or risk overdrawing the power supply and losing the whole spacecraft.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 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 27 Jun. 2025.
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