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as in misrepresents
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 deforms
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 distorts
Fear of failure blocks action, dissuades discovery and growth, distorts reality, and creates inaccurate and unfounded narratives.
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Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
This escalation further distorts trade, forcing both cities to produce goods outside their comparative advantages.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Power distorts how our traits are seen and experienced by others, but pressure transmutes these traits.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2025
The notion that oil companies receive massive handouts distorts public perception and fuels unnecessary animosity toward the sector.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Poor utility management further exacerbates the issue, as unmetered consumption—whether due to oversight or policy decisions—distorts cost recovery.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In the other video, the equipment moving in the foreground visibly distorts the appearance of the metal structure in the background.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The universe’s expansion distorts light traveling from distant objects, increasing their wavelengths and thus shifting them closer to the red part of the visible light spectrum.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2025
The standard Mercator map projection system distorts northern landmasses, so Greenland is stretched out to gigantic proportions.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
This escalation further distorts trade, forcing both cities to produce goods outside their comparative advantages.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Power distorts how our traits are seen and experienced by others, but pressure transmutes these traits.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2025
The notion that oil companies receive massive handouts distorts public perception and fuels unnecessary animosity toward the sector.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Poor utility management further exacerbates the issue, as unmetered consumption—whether due to oversight or policy decisions—distorts cost recovery.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In the other video, the equipment moving in the foreground visibly distorts the appearance of the metal structure in the background.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The universe’s expansion distorts light traveling from distant objects, increasing their wavelengths and thus shifting them closer to the red part of the visible light spectrum.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2025
The standard Mercator map projection system distorts northern landmasses, so Greenland is stretched out to gigantic proportions.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Distorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorts. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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