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exaggeration

[ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪgˌzædʒ əˈreɪ ʃən /


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The available data says the organizational response is at best a huge exaggeration of the rank and file’s view.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2026

It can’t be an exaggeration to say that tens of millions are grieving her death.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

That’s an exaggeration, but I get his point.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

He thought the cost quoted by Jersey Water was an "exaggeration" and that the panel's lower-cost calculations were based on retro-fitting existing water treatment plants rather than building a new one.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Without exaggeration, UOCI’s Patrick Wallace called her the “leading spokesman for the poor in terms of problems with public and private housing.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Strauss regularly goes off the rails in his exaggerations, but with Dudamel there are no railing critics or anything thing else, not that he doesn’t have cause.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

"When I used to give a demo, I used to get so excited. I was like a kid," Molyneux admits of some of his past exaggerations.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Such exaggerations of scale—both up and down, but mostly up—are a key dynamic in the V&R vision.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

A cartoon version of Jenny Schecter come to life, what transpires in her novel is close, if not on the nose, to what takes place around her, buffered by changed names and literary exaggerations.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2025

At once, Penelope wondered if her well- intended exaggerations might have been unwise.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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