1
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
The seasonal adjustment process may be exaggerating January inflation, due to the lingering effects of earlier inflation surges on the adjustment process.
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
State utilities, for instance, are likely exaggerating demand, according to a recent analysis from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Content creators exaggerate stakes to make their content urgent and existential.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
This can exaggerate the spasms in your blood vessels.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025
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Courtenay Brown, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
State utilities, for instance, are likely exaggerating demand, according to a recent analysis from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Content creators exaggerate stakes to make their content urgent and existential.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
This can exaggerate the spasms in your blood vessels.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exaggerate
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For example, a healthcare provider using a unified content model can empower their staff to retrieve patient records or research data with ease, reducing the burden on management and enhancing patient experience.—
Daniel Fallmann,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Federal officials noted that the penalties are enhanced based on Tilley’s prior state convictions.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2025
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There is reason to believe, however, that the economic benefits of golden visas programs are overstated.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
3 Mar. 2025
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However, the report suggests those hardships were overstated as their parent companies and affiliates were raking in billions.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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The ottoman is padded to offer comfort when using it as additional seating or as a footrest but is still structured enough to serve as an end table for books or drinks with a serving tray rested on top.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Padding: The interior of either a soft- or hard-sided case should have padding to protect your golf gear throughout the journey.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Virgin doesn’t do buffets, and all restaurants (which are included in the fare) offered alcohol pairings with low-ABV or non-alcoholic options, giving me a way to enjoy the flavors without overdoing it.—
Josh Rivera,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Disinfect only when necessary Don’t overdo it with bleach and other strong disinfectants.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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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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No official tally of firings has been released, but the list stretches into the thousands and to nearly every part of the country.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Lund’s uses of amateur baseball to reflect on the passage of time as a longstanding men’s baseball game stretches to extra innings on a beloved field’s final day before demolition stands at 100% with (29) critics on Rotten Tomatoes.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Not that Tolbert on occasion didn’t color outside the lines at KNBR.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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In an Indiana warehouse area on Lafayette's north end, little plastic chips are fed into a machine to be colored red and spun into the shape of a drinking straw.—
Jillian Ellison,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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There were two bank accounts visibly associated with the company, one of which contained $0.84 and the other overdrawn by almost AUD$88,000.—
Martin McKenzie-Murray,
SPIN,
7 Jan. 2025
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Orange County Elections Supervisor Glen Gilzean’s millions of dollars in misspending broke Florida law, according to an investigative report released Monday, and has left his office in danger of overdrawing its checking account by nearly $590,000.—
Skyler Swisher,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Exaggerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exaggerate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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