as in deformation
the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition
had to total the car due to a distortion of the chassis resulting from collision
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Recent Examples of distortion
McCarthy, however, later denied using that number, which was a distortion of something printed in the Congressional Record.
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Made By History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Atletico Madrid paying Benfica €126m for Joao Felix in 2019 was a clear market distortion.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Across the electromagnetic spectrum the team considered, the distortions caused by stellar variability were much more apparent in visible light and in near-UV radiation than in the infrared.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025
The suit cites the recent Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action and highlights civil rights cases in its argument, a new tactic many scholars have called a gross distortion of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
—Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Made By History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Atletico Madrid paying Benfica €126m for Joao Felix in 2019 was a clear market distortion.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Across the electromagnetic spectrum the team considered, the distortions caused by stellar variability were much more apparent in visible light and in near-UV radiation than in the infrared.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025
The suit cites the recent Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action and highlights civil rights cases in its argument, a new tactic many scholars have called a gross distortion of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
—Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Distortion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distortion. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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