Example Sentences

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“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

They are massaging the family image, but it’s too little and too late.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2018

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