Example Sentences

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But the UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has dismissed the prospect of getting involved in "some distortive global subsidy race".

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023

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

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2018

“Overall, our findings provide substantial support for the view that price manipulation may be behind substantial distortive effects in cryptocurrencies,” they said.

From Reuters • Jun. 13, 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

The distortive wantonness of this remark left me cold.

From Mr. Punch in Bohemia by Various