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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramatized
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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,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025 -
The end of the post–Cold War era has exposed the shortcomings of this approach, which overemphasized collective self-defense commitments and neglected the deeper economic, technological, and strategic ties that are increasingly salient in modern geopolitics.—
KURT M. CAMPBELL,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
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Russia put on a display of firepower as part of its major military exercises in Belarus on Monday, with neighboring NATO nations on alert amid some of the highest tensions in Europe since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Employees across the country are being disciplined, put on leave or fired for comments made following Kirk's death.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
15 Sep. 2025
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In early 2025, the stock fell nearly 57% from February to April in the wake of a short-seller report that alleged the company had exaggerated its e-commerce performance and breached service terms.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This performative solidarity was not appreciated by Saudi commentators who argued Egypt exaggerated the seriousness of Netanyahu's comments in a bid to drag Saudi Arabia in a confrontation with the Israelis for political reasons.—
Khaled Hassan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Xi played up a message that world is in a state of flux and chaos, and China is the responsible, stable power to guide it into the future.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Though the team is loaded with talent on the offensive side of the ball, the defense has not played up to par.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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So his ‘engineering’ background can be overstated.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet new data shows these fears are largely overstated.—
Kai Liekefett,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Studies have found that people who watch a lot of local news, in which crime is often sensationalized, tend to get a distorted view of how dangerous their neighborhood is.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The sheriff’s office has not elaborated on how he was killed.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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At the press conference, Van Sant elaborated about the relevance of the Mangione shooting as well as the recent presidental election.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Melodramatized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatized. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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