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as in to distort
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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as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe
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Recent Examples of garble
Data-poisoning tools like Nightshade, which can garble some AI outputs, may be a more effective solution for concerned artists.
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Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
Those calls were sparked by the president’s poor debate performance against Trump on June 27, where Biden often garbled his words and lost his train of thought.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Packets can be lost or delayed, for example, when a network is busy, creating unintentional silences that can garble speech or cause callers to talk over one another.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2014
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Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
Those calls were sparked by the president’s poor debate performance against Trump on June 27, where Biden often garbled his words and lost his train of thought.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Packets can be lost or delayed, for example, when a network is busy, creating unintentional silences that can garble speech or cause callers to talk over one another.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garble
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The synthesis process consists of mixing bismuth ferrite with barium titanate to carefully engineer a strain, then growing the mixture as a thin film on a substrate that distorts its crystal structure.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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But in doing that, that distorts the economics for all patients everywhere.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Such a search through Google’s location data begins with a haystack of hundreds of millions of phones and enables the police to filter out a few that could lead to a suspect.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Top opaque wood fencing with a top portion that is spaced to allow some light to filter through to keep your privacy fence from making your backyard feel too closed in.—
Kristin Hohenadel,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 2026
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The authors, not content to simply defend their viewpoint, misrepresent our organization’s positions on the range of harms that children in DCFS custody experience.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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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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This story has been updated to clarify that while the Pittsburgh Steelers won three Super Bowls in the 1970s, Steelers teams of the 1970s were actually victorious in four Super Bowls.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Bears would not clarify publicly what those changes might be.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic and OpenAI have accused the startup of illegally extracting capabilities – or distilling – from their models.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Experts have warned regional countries against cozying up to the Kremlin, which often extracts major economic concessions in exchange for assistance.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Red-light cameras generate municipal revenue by capturing traffic violations, for which drivers are then fined.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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On Wednesday, Kalshi fined and suspended three congressional candidates who the company said wagered on the outcome of their own elections.—
Hallie Golden,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the familiar career-fair format, students met with employers to workshop their résumés, refine their LinkedIn profiles, and practice interview questions.—
Ashley Bigda,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ending the risk The team will first scale successful technologies, such as mobile inspection platforms and robotic arms, by refining them in Oxford’s labs before full-scale deployment.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Garble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garble. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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