hyperbolically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Besides, we’re talking about Downey, a city that advocates and detractors alike hyperbolically call the “Mexican Beverly Hills” for its middle-class Latino life and conservative streak.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo offered hyperbolically, “The politician in me thinks you’re going to literally lose every voter under 35, forever.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023
The question is, are we in the press reporting it rationally or hyperbolically?
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2022
So many clickbait headlines insist, hyperbolically, that this or that show is “everything we need right now.”
From Washington Post • May 3, 2020
The fatal truth was that the projectile, whether hyperbolically or parabolically carried along, would never strike against either the earth or the moon.
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
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