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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramatizes
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If Love plays up to his full potential, Green Bay should be a legitimate Super Bowl contender.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Some critics have said that Costa exaggerates Malafaia’s influence.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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The fact that the company exaggerates the job numbers, as well as the true number of states where the plane produces a significant number of jobs does not alter the fact that economic arguments carry a lot of weight in Congressional decisions on weapons procurement.—
William Hartung,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Melodramatizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatizes. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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