Example Sentences

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“As part of this process, the extremes to which the Mail on Sunday used distortive, manipulative, and dishonest tactics to target the Duchess of Sussex have been put on full display.”

From The Guardian • May 1, 2020

While they include deepening engagement, they also involve plans to "address the distortive effects of foreign state ownership" as well as "security risks posed by foreign investment in critical assets, technologies and infrastructure".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2019

Could dark energy’s distortive effects on galactic scales result in a kind of local “bubbling” of spacetime?

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2018

I think because the perspective from inside the building can feel somewhat distortive sometimes, so you see a lot of people reaching out and it’s obviously not just to us.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2017

But, in the distortive movement, the mass will also gain energy in other forms.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James