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as in to misrepresent
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 to refute
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsify
Flurry of lawsuits target new Department of Government Efficiency as Trump is sworn in
Kevin Sharp, Peltier's attorney, told The Associated Press before the parole hearing last year that evidence against Peltier had been falsified.
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Luke Barr, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump had been charged with falsifying business records, a crime under New York law.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Trump reimbursed Cohen through a series of payments incorrectly labeled as being for legal services, and he was convicted of falsifying business records.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
How Much Have Trump's Legal Troubles Cost? Trump is on course to be first ever convicted felon to be sworn in as U.S. president, after he was found guilty last May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
—Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Luke Barr, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump had been charged with falsifying business records, a crime under New York law.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Trump reimbursed Cohen through a series of payments incorrectly labeled as being for legal services, and he was convicted of falsifying business records.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
How Much Have Trump's Legal Troubles Cost? Trump is on course to be first ever convicted felon to be sworn in as U.S. president, after he was found guilty last May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
—Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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In Baton Rouge, researchers sampled menu items at 24 restaurants and found near 30% – more than one in four – were misrepresented.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Trump's comments misrepresent the Biden-era rules, which were not a mandate for automakers to manufacture electric vehicles and did not require Americans to buy any specific type of car.—
Kelly Livingston,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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While Kansas public health officials called it the largest U.S. concentration of the disease since recording began in the 1950s, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has refuted this, citing two larger episodes in the past.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Nicole’s lawyer, Bruce Weil of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, refutes that claim, saying that Dr. Wertheim never made such an offer.—
Kerry A. Dolan,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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Thereafter, the appearance of a triangle will become increasingly distorted until finally on April 9, Mars, Pollux and Castor will again appear in a straight line.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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In that way, uncertainty is like a tax, distorting decisions and making the economy as a whole less efficient.—
Ben Casselman,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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