are massaging
- present progressive of massage.
Example Sentences
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We're not changing the actual meaning of the script, but we are massaging the words to make them feel natural, to make them feel like they're coming from our mouths.
From Salon ● May 7, 2023
“I don’t know if they are massaging the numbers — even if they need to massage the figures, the better thing to do would be to massage them within the usual time frame.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
“But there is a saying that North Korea is ’a theater state,’ and I think they are massaging COVID-19 statistics.”
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022
In other words all of the authors are massaging numbers to rationalize their hypotheses.
From Economist ● Dec. 18, 2013
The immediate suspicion when film stars engage in this sort of enterprise is to assume that they are massaging their egos.
From Time Magazine Archive
