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as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
the coach's message was so distorted after passing through so many people that it was unintelligible
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as in deforming
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
if you keep distorting your face like that, someday it's going to freeze in that position
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Recent Examples of distorting
Normalizing interactions where such limitations do not exist risks distorting the very standard by which human love is measured.
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Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
The front has square glass block masonry on the lower half, which lets light in while reducing what's visible outside by distorting the view.
—Stefan Ionescu
march 30, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
Kyle is just outing herself as a gossip and is distorting what everyone has to say to try to one-up Dorit in her own life.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Too many firms are incentivizing rapid rollout over results, distorting responsible deployment.
—K. H. Koehler, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The lens shift, in the vertical direction only, offers similar flexibility for adjusting the projector's height relative to the screen without tilting the projector and distorting the image.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
These pressures are distorting the market.
—Vijay Dandapani, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
The comments reflect longstanding German concerns about what Berlin sees as an undervalued yuan, market-distorting subsidies and overcapacity among Chinese exporters that have built massive trade surpluses with Europe’s largest economy, amounting to 90 billion euros ($106 billion) last year.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Season 2 also brings the ensemble into sharper focus, particularly through the storyline of Hiroshi Randa (Takehiro Hira), who finds his still-youthful mother Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) after her decades in the time-distorting Axis Mundi.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
The front has square glass block masonry on the lower half, which lets light in while reducing what's visible outside by distorting the view.
—Stefan Ionescu
march 30, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
Kyle is just outing herself as a gossip and is distorting what everyone has to say to try to one-up Dorit in her own life.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Too many firms are incentivizing rapid rollout over results, distorting responsible deployment.
—K. H. Koehler, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
The lens shift, in the vertical direction only, offers similar flexibility for adjusting the projector's height relative to the screen without tilting the projector and distorting the image.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
These pressures are distorting the market.
—Vijay Dandapani, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026
The comments reflect longstanding German concerns about what Berlin sees as an undervalued yuan, market-distorting subsidies and overcapacity among Chinese exporters that have built massive trade surpluses with Europe’s largest economy, amounting to 90 billion euros ($106 billion) last year.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Season 2 also brings the ensemble into sharper focus, particularly through the storyline of Hiroshi Randa (Takehiro Hira), who finds his still-youthful mother Keiko (Mari Yamamoto) after her decades in the time-distorting Axis Mundi.
—Zaki Hasan, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distorting
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California’s consumer protection and false advertising laws also forbid misrepresenting goods or services.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hood County Commissioner Nannette Samuelson has accused the Granbury city manager and other city officials of deception and misrepresenting facts concerning power a plant designed for a future data center on over 2,000 acres annexed by the city in January.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
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Their atoms are held together by strong chemical bonds and arranged in a stable crystal structure that resists deforming, even at extreme temperatures.—
Vitor Rielli,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2026
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Like stirring honey instead of water, deforming a thicker, more viscous interior requires more energy.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Dec. 2025
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Despite the complex, stream-of-consciousness lyrics, hundreds of mouths could be seen contorting word-for-word with Springsteen’s, giving the show an intimate, local bar atmosphere.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Despite some obvious physical scarring and a seeming predilection for contorting her body in creepy ways, Katie seems pretty healthy, or so the Egyptian doctors tell her parents.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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Remove the shower head by screwing it off counterclockwise.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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To make a profit from their business, American companies sent their manufacturing facilities overseas, screwing American workers by incurring smaller labor costs, therefore profiting rich investors who never had to work for it and used their money to make more money off the American consumer.—
Jay Reddick,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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The coastal Georgia man arrested in 2018 and accused of torturing, killing and burying his two teenage children in the backyard of the family’s mobile home will spend the rest of his life behind bars after reaching a plea deal.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The briefing came days after Tierney secured a guilty plea from another Long Island serial killer, Rex Heuermann, who is expected to be sentenced in June after admitting to torturing and killing eight women.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Comprising irregular, curling and warped forms, the bed is crafted from stainless steel, powder coated in pink and black shades, with its design reportedly informed by female eroticism and intuition.—
Francesca Perry,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Add to that endless beaches trimmed in aquamarine surf, pulsing with relentlessly curling waves topped with dancing surfers.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
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His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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It’s made to withstand a moist environment that can lead to warping and cracking.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Distorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distorting. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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