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warps 1 of 2

noun

plural of warp
as in foundations
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests an unshakable belief in the essential goodness of humankind is the warp of his philosophy

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warps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of warp
1
as in distorts
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text

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2
as in degrades
to lower in character, dignity, or quality claims that violent movies warp the values of our young people

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3
as in deforms
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit

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Recent Examples of warps
Verb
Rohleder configured its machine to make production warps up to 400 meters long. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 The intensity of his sexuality warps his mind, while the mandate of secrecy feeds his paranoia. — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 James warps the landscape around him, bends everything to his will and talents. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 July 2026 While this motion typically crushes or warps regular sneakers, these shoes bounce right back into their original shape, damage-free. — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Shifting baseline syndrome warps our understanding of the world. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Yet this thing warps decisions at every level, quietly pulling good companies toward mediocrity and worse. — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 However, even for the Rimbaud-faithful in the crowd, Wang never seems satisfied with rote presentation, and warps the confines of his form with magnificent imagination. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 June 2026 Gerrymandering warps the balance of minority and majority rights. — Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warps
  1. foundations
  2. distorts
  3. degrades
  4. deforms
  5. cornerstones
  6. misrepresents
  7. corrupts
  8. contorts
Noun
  • When finance leaders take ownership of selecting AI tools and building the process foundations that support them, adoption can make it past the experimentation phase.
    — John Gronen, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Liu’s Met commission, with its disembodied hands, its severing and suturing of the organic and the mechanical, may be a metaphor for a civilization detached from its foundations and coming to its end.
    — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of foundations
Verb
  • Because of its large field of view, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help researchers better understand dark matter by capturing how the phenomenon's gravity bends light and distorts a galaxy's shape.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Saliva collects at the mouthpiece and distorts the notes, making the blasts sound hoarse and off-pitch.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of distorts
Verb
  • The material’s resistance to high heat and moisture maintains full operational stability where pure MXene typically degrades.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Rich Handel, resident laundry expert at Consumer Reports, warns that mixing heavy fabrics like denim with delicate garments increases friction and degrades the softer material.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of degrades
Verb
  • When pressure deforms the glass, its birefringence changes, which measurably shifts that interference pattern.
    — Pawel Maniewski, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Working on his audio venture makes Jacob more narcissistic and less socially competent; the podcast deforms his understanding of what friends are for.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of deforms
Noun
  • Movie theaters like ours are the economic and cultural cornerstones of communities across this great nation — in all 50 states, in cities and towns, big and small.
    — Paul Gunsky, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In the 1950s and 1960s, suburban malls were explicitly designed as community cornerstones, complete with bustling food courts, movie theaters, arcades, and a smorgasbord of shops.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of cornerstones
Verb
  • Characterizing her arrest as the result of Flock technology fundamentally misrepresents both the allegations and the role our technology played in this case.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • If the public agrees with the FTC’s plan, personalized pricing could be found to violate the FTC Act when a seller misrepresents a price as static or widely available when it is actually personalized.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of misrepresents
Verb
  • Forgetting his bond with the land, Mariano awakens the Ch’iqmi, a dark force that corrupts his people.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupts
Verb
  • Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot.
    — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
  • Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of contorts

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“Warps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warps. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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