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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 following year, McBee falsified information provided to his insurance company about the company’s soybean crop again.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Other posts remain online long after going viral — even if the comments section is flooded with fans noting that a video or picture is falsified or abusive.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
This system has falsified a lot.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
That December, Russia held a parliamentary election that was falsified in Putin’s favor, in the manner usual at the time.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Other posts remain online long after going viral — even if the comments section is flooded with fans noting that a video or picture is falsified or abusive.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
This system has falsified a lot.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
That December, Russia held a parliamentary election that was falsified in Putin’s favor, in the manner usual at the time.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsified
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Meanwhile, the right shoe starts with a black pigskin suede base and mixes in blurred and distorted details to represent the pixelated side.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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My guess is this is a small black bear, and blurring distorted the photo.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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In an email to Pitchfork, MOT’s Lucien Calkin refuted Clateman’s account and said there was no punch.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lean also refuted claims that bipolar disorder stifles creativity.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Residents and local leaders have said that TCEQ misrepresented the nature of the intersection in a traffic study completed for the application.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute said the ad misrepresented the former president’s words.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Falsified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsified. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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