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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: distorts

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Bad propaganda distorts and corrodes public opinion, even within supposed democratic societies.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/columnists/6212525/snp-conference-2023-sombre-david-knight-opinion/

China said the report was “filled with prejudice and distorts facts”, as it clarified that it has no intention of indulging in a nuclear arms race.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-nuclear-weapons-pentagon-report-india-b2433066.html

Off-season election is what it is: it is not in sync with the electoral cycle, distorts the electoral calendar flow and makes elections costlier for a country like Nigeria as opposed to when everything is taken together once or twice.

Source: https://promptnewsonline.com/matters-arising-in-bayelsa-imo-kogi-off-cycle-polls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=matters-arising-in-bayelsa-imo-kogi-off-cycle-polls

The body said the proposals amount to an “asylum ban” and that branding as undeserving based on their mode of travel “distorts fundamental facts”.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/small-boats-law-bill-braverman-fact-check-b2296472.html

“The information circulating on social networks is not true and distorts reality,” the Panamanian government added in a message addressed to the Colombian president.

Source: https://ticotimes.net/2023/08/23/panama-refutes-canal-closure-claims-by-colombias-president

“The problem with this is that it distorts the economy and further undermines and sidelines the local currency, with shadow exchange rates becoming the norm and, effectively, a two-speed economy emerging,” he explained.

Source: https://themedialine.org/top-stories/the-middle-east-explores-alternatives-to-dollar-dominance/

"Unanticipated inflation redistributes income and wealth, it distorts decisions to consume, borrow and save, and to the extent that it masks changes in relative prices, it distorts investment, production and consumption decisions," he said.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/low-productivity-growth-bringing-less-bang-for-the-buck-c-11068713

"Unanticipated inflation redistributes income and wealth, it distorts decisions to consume, borrow and save, and to the extent that it masks changes in relative prices, it distorts investment, production and consumption decisions," he said.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/low-productivity-growth-bringing-less-bang-for-the-buck-c-11068713

Unfortunately, too many Americans in one particular political party are bent on a racial agenda that grossly distorts what might otherwise be a unifying holiday and instead divides us.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/98192-obama-people-are-rightly-skeptical-of-racial-reconciliation-2023-06-19