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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsify
He was publicly reprimanded by the Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas bars in 2011 for falsifying travel reimbursements that were then billed to a former client.
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
For example: ten days before he was sworn in, Trump had been sentenced to unconditional discharge on thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025
Darby fired Chief after sustaining charges of disobeying an order, failing to use a body camera during a call for service, falsifying a record and lying to officials.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
He was also found guilty of multiple violations of the Endangered Species Act after killing five tigers, plus falsifying wildlife records.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
For example: ten days before he was sworn in, Trump had been sentenced to unconditional discharge on thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025
Darby fired Chief after sustaining charges of disobeying an order, failing to use a body camera during a call for service, falsifying a record and lying to officials.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
He was also found guilty of multiple violations of the Endangered Species Act after killing five tigers, plus falsifying wildlife records.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsify
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Despite following legal guidelines, the video was accused of misrepresenting events and using replicas instead of authentic artifacts.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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After a three-year investigation, the committee found evidence that, among other widespread abuses, adoption agencies fabricated documents, misrepresented children as orphans available to be adopted, and sent children overseas without the consent of their biological families.—
Time,
Time,
15 May 2025
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But defense attorney Getting never called his own fire expert to refute any of that.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
20 May 2025
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But rather than refute Mische’s analysis, the administration has been planting suggestions that Mische is employed by Saudi Arabia, even though his advice to that nation ended years ago.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
20 May 2025
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The cell phone camera has become both the tool humans use to perform and the reason that performance distorts even further in the eyes of others.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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Unfortunately, this racial lens merely distorts the rivalry narrative, transforming what should be celebrated as an engaging competitive dynamic into something unnecessarily contentious.—
Lindsey Darvin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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