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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
Pulte, in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, accused Cook of falsifying bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Brasure was charged with two counts each of voting absentee and in-person; offering to vote more than once, and falsifying returns/records.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2025
White, Osmani and Hayer also were charged with one felony count of falsifying documents.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
When he was convicted on thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records, Bondi reached a different verdict.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Brasure was charged with two counts each of voting absentee and in-person; offering to vote more than once, and falsifying returns/records.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2025
White, Osmani and Hayer also were charged with one felony count of falsifying documents.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
When he was convicted on thirty-four felony counts of falsifying business records, Bondi reached a different verdict.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsify
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The group of climate scientists found several examples where the DOE authors cherry-picked or misrepresented climate science in the agency's report.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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This statement fundamentally misrepresents how research is done.—
Brendan Harley,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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To me, debate is about forming your own arguments and pushing yourself to refute curveball counters.—
Ashanty Rosario,
The Atlantic,
3 Sep. 2025
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Other organizations and scientists have refuted the DOE’s review, including the American Meteorological Society, which highlighted further flaws in the report and urged a correction of the findings by the agency.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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In a world where images are so numerous and so difficult to understand, truth itself can be in danger, threatened by false interpretations and distorted, misleading half-truths.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Executives may tone down accomplishments to avoid internal friction, which can distort messaging.—
Adrian Dearnell,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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