garbles

verb

Definition of garblesnext
present tense third-person singular of garble
1
as in distorts
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

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2
as in filters
to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

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  1. distorts
  2. clarifies
  3. refines
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  • The fine addresses flights that consistently arrived more than 30 minutes late over several consecutive months, a practice the Transportation Department says misleads passengers and distorts competition in the airline industry.
    Josh Rivera, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • This inflates the cost to taxpayers and distorts the insurance market and premium calculations.
    Steve Brozak, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of distorts
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  • However, the bill’s text makes no mention of the riot and only clarifies that House data stored elsewhere is still under the control of House rules.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This fact clarifies Melton’s character.
    Longreads, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of clarifies
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  • Using the South Shore Cultural Center, a lakeshore landmark with rich historical and architectural significance, as a point of departure, Dyson extracts, reduces, and refines architectural and visual cues into geometric shapes and painterly abstractions.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • China refines approximately 90% of the world’s critical minerals used in green energy, exports a quarter of the world’s EVs, electric vehicles, and has more solar panels for use and export than the rest of the world combined.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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