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as in distorted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in refuted
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsified
The couple filed a deed for the property in June 2024, which 594 Mapleton LLC claims is falsified.
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
The new indictment includes additional allegations about how the former officers allegedly falsified the affidavit for the search warrant.
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Officials believe the seller falsified vaccination records about the dog, sold as a corgi-mix, and misled the new owners.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
Newton noted that there have been many cases in which records were falsified or contained sparse information.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
The new indictment includes additional allegations about how the former officers allegedly falsified the affidavit for the search warrant.
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Officials believe the seller falsified vaccination records about the dog, sold as a corgi-mix, and misled the new owners.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
Newton noted that there have been many cases in which records were falsified or contained sparse information.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
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The data that the central bank uses to make all sorts of decisions about the economy will be distorted as people recover.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2024
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The voice is distorted enough to give away that this couldn’t possibly be the real James, and yet, Isaac’s dogged determination to protect the creature is fueled by its haunting professions of love for the child.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
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But the Biden administration has refuted the claims from the energy industry and states.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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The Chinese government has refuted the claims as lies and defended its practice and policy in Xinjiang as fighting terror and ensuring stability.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Just think of the serpent in the Garden of Eden who misrepresented God's command not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil to entice the first humans to do just that.Pia Lauritzen, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Most recently, Nance misrepresented the status of the investigation in a questionnaire sent to her by the League of Women Voters.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Falsified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsified. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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