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Recent Examples of exaggeration Over the past year, there has been a notable increase in litigation and regulatory action relating to greenwashing, or the exaggeration of climate-friendly and other environmental actions by a company in marketing materials. Jon McGowan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Well, maybe ‘nobody’ is an exaggeration, but some reports suggested that the audience for the big finale in December between LA Galaxy and New York Red Bulls was down by 47 per cent from the same fixture in 2023 on broadcasters Fox and Fox Deportes. Nick Miller, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 Never has a political impression been so scathing with such little exaggeration. Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 With lush tropical shores that melt away into white sands and tranquil waves, Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands is beautiful enough for billionaires, and that's no exaggeration. Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exaggeration 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaggeration
Noun
  • Trump tells his supporters that the left views them with contempt, and progressives don’t do enough to challenge that caricature.
    John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Amid this success, cards and custom prints from the shop — including T-shirts featuring a caricature of Hatch — have become bestsellers locally and online.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Yankee fans long ago stopped buying into Boone’s hyperbole.
    Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • That rhetoric, some of which rises to the level of hyperbole, is not particularly helpful in focusing on the precise legal issues to be decided in the present case.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The new species was identified by its scale arrangement, coloring, body size and other subtle physical features, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Divide in batches, and tint each with a different color of pastel food coloring, if desired.
    Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Exaggeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exaggeration. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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