- present perfect progressive of exaggerate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Musk is known to over-promise, and has been exaggerating the abilities of his autonomous tech for nearly a decade.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
“Someone has been exaggerating or even playing up the so-called tension in the South China Sea,” Wang said.
From Washington Post
A typical moral issue that they are asked to solve: Your boss has been exaggerating the results of your department.
From Time Magazine Archive
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