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as in to enhance
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures
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as in to overstate
to describe or express in too strong terms
it would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of this entrance exam
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Recent Examples of exaggerate
But critics say focusing nearly exclusively on recycling exaggerates the effect that can have and distracts from more fundamental solutions to plastic pollution.
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Examine data to identify gender biases, racial biases, etc., and fix them so the AI does not perpetuate or exaggerate unfair results.
—Ashok Manoharan, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Vicious online rumors once again erupted on social media, with royal critics accusing Kate of either faking her cancer or exaggerating her health crisis to cover up personal difficulties.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump has made back-to-back claims greatly exaggerating his campaign event attendance figures.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Examine data to identify gender biases, racial biases, etc., and fix them so the AI does not perpetuate or exaggerate unfair results.
—Ashok Manoharan, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Vicious online rumors once again erupted on social media, with royal critics accusing Kate of either faking her cancer or exaggerating her health crisis to cover up personal difficulties.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump has made back-to-back claims greatly exaggerating his campaign event attendance figures.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaggerate
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But teams’ social media posts are also typically used to enhance marketing and generate fan interest, which are purposes that could cut against a fair use defense.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Like the Wynn, the World Poker Tour’s goal is to enhance the player experience.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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In 2001, Enron collapsed in a market-shaking bankruptcy amid revelations that the company had grossly overstated its earnings.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Dec. 2024
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That effectively overstated the government jobs percentage of California employment growth.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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In-ear, on-ear, and over-ear: Over-ear headphones have padding that secures around your ears for a cup-like seal, while on-ear rests on top of your ears.Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
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This handsome leather backpack has padded compartments for your electronics, and multiple zippered pockets, and is $80 right now for Cyber Monday.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Pet safety: How to keep your pets safe in cold weather The best tips to heal dry and chapped lips Use lip balm or ointment throughout the day, but be careful to avoid overdoing it.Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Adapting Zombies novelist Seth Grahame-Smith’s book, which reimagined our 16th president as a kick-ass vampire slayer, director Timur Bekmambetov overdoes the gloomy grandeur and violent kill sequences.Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
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The filthy talk of collusion, of course hyperbolized by Unsocial Media, again is crawling out of the swamp.Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
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Yet the internet — the same force that has increased awareness of social-justice movements — has hyperbolized all entreaties to our fragmented attention spans.Lauren Oyler, New York Times, 8 May 2018
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As the league’s most efficient offense, the team relies on his ability to stretch the floor, his physicality on the boards, and his innate feel for the game.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The episode also gave Mescal opportunities to stretch in other ways.Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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Tape actually adds a really nice sounding saturation that colors the sound in a cool way.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Dec. 2024
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Krispy Kreme posted a few videos on Instagram of the Grinch sneaking into one of its shops, eating a few doughnuts and coloring the doughnut batter a fluorescent green.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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At the group's annual fall conference on Nov. 15, members discovered that the Governmental Affairs Committee budget and the vice president’s budget, both of which Straw oversaw, were overdrawn by a total of about $50,000, according to the letter.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2024
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Aquifers are being overdrawn faster than they can be replenished, leading to long-term depletion.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Exaggerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exaggerate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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