as in enlarged
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as in exaggerated
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version
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as in lengthened
to make longer
the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered
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as in tried
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
your whining is stretching my patience to the limit
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Consumers worldwide don’t trust company sustainability claims thanks to reports like the one that found 42% of green claims made online by companies were exaggerated, false or deceptive.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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But Aurora's police chief and its mayor, Mike Coffman, a Republican, told NBC News last month that Trump’s claims about the gang are grossly exaggerated.Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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His mimicry of the inflated language of marketing, bureaucratic euphemism, and hypertechnical mumbo jumbo finds the exact midpoint between amusing and appalling.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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The balloons got ever bigger and more elaborate each year: an inflated army of Snoopys, Underdogs, Bullwinkles and Yogi Bears lazily bobbing their way between skyscrapers, each onlooker’s face turned skyward in worship.Michael Callahan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Needless to say, Sabyasachi is a big proponent of a daring wardrobe, whether that means ditching the LBD cocktail standard for a fanciful embroidered look or setting a table with unexpected creative bravado.Bridget Foley, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
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The interior also sports signature quilting, along with embroidered Speed badging on the headrests and a Speed plaque in the treadplate.Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2021
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