garbles

verb

present tense third-person singular of garble
1
as in distorts
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

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2
as in filters
to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

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  1. distorts
  2. filters
  3. misrepresents
  4. clarifies
  5. extracts
  6. refines
  7. cleans
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  • Whether the behavior develops, stalls, or distorts is not just a function of effort.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The narrative that choice schools funnel funds away from local districts distorts Connecticut public school funding.
    — Leonard Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of distorts
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  • Water filters This pitcher uses Advanced Carbon Core Technology filters to remove up to three times as many contaminants as standard filters.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Users decide which filters to use, browse hundreds of listings, and manually determine which jobs might be relevant.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of filters
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  • If the public agrees with the FTC’s plan, personalized pricing could be found to violate the FTC Act when a seller misrepresents a price as static or widely available when it is actually personalized.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Still, that correction has been used to manipulate the study data in a way that significantly misrepresents miscarriage risk associated with Covid-19 vaccinations.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • The first clarifies that its PLX product does not provide law enforcement agencies with geolocation data, and the second says that the company has reached out to the complaint's authors to ask that the complaint against Penlink be withdrawn.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The report carefully clarifies that some of the points for analysis refer specifically to the app (for example, Claude or Gemini) while others relate to the provider (for example, Anthropic or Google).
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of clarifies
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  • High performers know the difference between a manager who invests in them and one who extracts from them.
    — Miriam Groom, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Under a contract with Konza Health, the new system automatically extracts emergency room records covering more than 10,000 diagnostic conditions.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Definition of extracts
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  • Thousands of Caper Carts are generating crucial data, creating a flywheel effect that refines AI models for shelf intelligence and inventory management.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The process is seamlessly integrated into Unum’s annual strategic-planning process, which manages stop/start/continue decisions for the next year, adjusts growth portfolio targets, and refines investment needs.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of refines
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  • Hillstrand cleans Ryan’s wound and tells the crew to get him suture tape.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Shaving cream cleans mirrors and glass without streaks and prevents fogging.
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleans
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“Garbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garbles. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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