GARBLING Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

garbling

verb

present participle of garble

as in distorting

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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as in filtering

to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

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Weil writes of attention as a way of engaging with the world without the distorting lens of the ego.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
The orchid doubles in her view, the room around her distorting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Definition of distorting

Verb

But Thorpe’s prose ushers us through the eponymous hero’s crises with humor and panache, filtering the bright but naive protagonist-Margo’s evolution through the voice of a narrator-Margo who has developed some perspective.

— Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
Anthropic, citing both legal obligation and the technical impossibility of filtering users by nationality in real time, shut both models down globally despite their value.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of filtering

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Lawyers can face serious sanctions, including Florida Bar complaints, for citing nonexistent cases or misrepresenting prior rulings.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
At the same time, organizations can't assume every candidate is misrepresenting themselves simply because AI was involved somewhere in the process.

— Casey Marquette, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of misrepresenting

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Put those two next to each other and the picture is odd and clarifying at once.

— Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
House Enrolled Act 1408 includes language clarifying parental consent for children under age 16, and age verification requirements for social media companies.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026

Definition of clarifying

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The work focuses on FLiBe, a molten salt made of fluorine, lithium, and beryllium that is considered one of the leading materials for producing and extracting tritium inside future fusion reactors.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
The government is also extracting data from devices that law enforcement recently seized, Winik added.

— Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 2 July 2026

Definition of extracting

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