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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
Gatlin is also accused of falsifying invoices from a merchandise vendor who bought her gifts from designer brands Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Apple, at her request, prosecutors said.
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Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Some lawmakers said flatly that, in the future, any troopers who deliberately falsified records should be dismissed from the force and even decertified — a relatively rare occurrence that means they could not be hired by any other police department in Connecticut.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
The district alleged that the documents were falsified.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 20 May 2025
It was claimed that the signature of CBF vice-president Antonio Carlos Nunes de Lima was falsified on a document that strengthened Rodrigues’ hold on the federation’s presidency.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Some lawmakers said flatly that, in the future, any troopers who deliberately falsified records should be dismissed from the force and even decertified — a relatively rare occurrence that means they could not be hired by any other police department in Connecticut.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
The district alleged that the documents were falsified.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 20 May 2025
It was claimed that the signature of CBF vice-president Antonio Carlos Nunes de Lima was falsified on a document that strengthened Rodrigues’ hold on the federation’s presidency.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsify
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In other cases, studies in the report were misrepresented, according to the researchers who conducted them.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Its job is to present your skills and experience—your career story—in the best possible light without misrepresenting your qualifications.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Security camera footage, however, refuted his story, according to the court documents.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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Yet a source close to the contract negotiations, who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic, refuted that claim.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Noise can distort observations and introduce uncertainties into the data, Zhang said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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The history of financial regulation has clarified the problems with this approach, but somehow that history still gets badly distorted.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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