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as in distorted
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 refuted
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsified
The judge also raised concerns about the plaintiff’s evidence, finding that some materials — including sonogram images contained in personal journals — had been falsified.
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Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Court records indicate authorities became aware of Jones’ falsified hours through a complaint by the library’s manager, who discovered discrepancies on a log sheet required to be filled out by deputies working there.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
The legislation follows a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Ask whether the hypothesis, at least in principle, can be falsified.
—Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
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Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Court records indicate authorities became aware of Jones’ falsified hours through a complaint by the library’s manager, who discovered discrepancies on a log sheet required to be filled out by deputies working there.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
The legislation follows a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Ask whether the hypothesis, at least in principle, can be falsified.
—Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsified
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Risk tolerance becomes distorted.—
Anatoly Iofe,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Other portraits include Robert Rauschenberg (1963), showing just a close-up of the artist’s mouth, and Oldenburg (1970), featuring the artist’s face distorted via a magnifying glass.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
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California officials, including Secretary of State Shirley Weber, have repeatedly refuted claims of fraud and, in fact, have defended the state’s slower process as critical to ensuring the counts are accurate.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
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At trial, defense lawyer Bob Varga refuted the accusation, noting there was no bodycam footage of the incident.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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In a case filed in September, the DOJ claimed Volgaev concealed and misrepresented his involvement in the smuggling operation during his naturalization process and thus should lose citizenship.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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Prosecutors said Roberts knowingly misrepresented his citizenship status on employment paperwork during his time at the district, which serves 30,000 students, according to the AP.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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“Falsified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsified. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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