Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramatize
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Every single day, it's been a pleasure coming to work and putting on the orange and blue.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025 -
In a shutdown, anything deemed nonessential is put on hold, so Americans could experience delays in certain services and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go without pay.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Still, experts warn that there is such a thing as overemphasizing the data and getting bogged down by less-than-optimal scores.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2025
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But ChatGPT sometimes overemphasized or underemphasized findings, and a small but significant number of responses indicated patients were more confused after reading the summaries, said Honce, who participated in the preprint study.—
Kate Ruder,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Adding a daybed in gingham, especially one done up in the coastal blue Perennials upholstery that winks at Dorothy’s iconic dress, is a clever way to play up the timeless print when brainstorming a new bedroom furniture layout.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
26 Sep. 2025
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Politicians in both countries have instrumentalized the hostility to win legitimacy, selectively playing up grievances with the other side.—
Thomas de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Giménez was exaggerating, but not by much.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Our foul, flatulent father-figure may exaggerate a bit when belittling his enemies (and friends, for that matter), but cloaked under his aura of filth — like an adult Pig-Pen’s toxic dust cloud — rests a core truth.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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Baldness has delivered me; there is simply no way to overstate the intoxication of standing directly under the flow of water at the perfect temperature and pressure, scalp-first.—
Iyana Robertson,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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While the risks remain — from political instability after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation to sticky inflation, and potential BOJ missteps — the Swiss private bank believes that Japan’s fiscal concerns are overstated.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Shortly before the earnings release, Sweet sat down with Fortune’s Alyson Shontell, and elaborated on how Accenture is grappling with this transformation just as much as its clients.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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The agency said the suspect was receiving medical treatment but did not elaborate.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Melodramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatize. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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