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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible
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as in to deform
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position
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Recent Examples of distort
Instead the internet and social media accelerated a process in which the whole notion of an empirical truth has become watered down and distorted.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025
The two-time Grammy winner posted an Instagram carousel that included 13 different videos of him speaking directly to the camera with a filter that distorted his face and altered his voice to a higher pitch.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 14 May 2025
These orders, including the most recent one, issued February 5, honor honest scientific inquiry and reverse the trend of activists distorting the scientific picture.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
In the public sphere, there is extensive documentation of state-level actors using tactics to inflame hate speech and distort the very foundations of democratic discourse.
—Will Fries, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025
The two-time Grammy winner posted an Instagram carousel that included 13 different videos of him speaking directly to the camera with a filter that distorted his face and altered his voice to a higher pitch.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 14 May 2025
These orders, including the most recent one, issued February 5, honor honest scientific inquiry and reverse the trend of activists distorting the scientific picture.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
In the public sphere, there is extensive documentation of state-level actors using tactics to inflame hate speech and distort the very foundations of democratic discourse.
—Will Fries, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distort
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Despite following legal guidelines, the video was accused of misrepresenting events and using replicas instead of authentic artifacts.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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The news dropped just as The New York Times reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating whether Coinbase had misrepresented its user numbers in past filings.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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The analysis revealed that the mantle beneath the near versus the far side of the moon has a difference in its ability to deform—one of about 2–3 percent.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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This activity, characterized by a feature called a corona, may be deforming the planet’s surface in a way similar to events in Earth’s past.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
14 May 2025
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Bodies have been burned, crushed and in this series, but they’ve never been contorted quite as horrifically.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
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With this, our bodies are being contorted in very strange ways.—
Mike Miller Published,
EW.com,
8 May 2025
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Princess, a senior Chihuahua, rests with her eyes closed and body curled into a tight cocoon, as a frenetic hamster named Ponby stands upright, his eyes bulging.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Video In an intimate scene in which the pair dance, Claire’s arm is bent, her fingers curled into a ballet hand.—
Vincent Tullo,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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That’s a surefire way to bend the brim and otherwise misshape it.—
Talia Ergas,
Travel + Leisure,
27 June 2023
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The misshapen hemoglobin misshape the cells.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
19 Dec. 2022
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His later work acknowledged that real-life decision-making is warped by psychology, asymmetry, and noise.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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As the Great Taylor Paul No Comments on CMAs Post debacle of 2024 demonstrates, the fact that these women’s relationships take place through a series of cynical public performances on multiple fronts has fully warped their ability to trust one another.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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“Distort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distort. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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