warp
verb (used with object)
to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
is warping
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present progressiveof warp (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In this special three-part podcast, “AI and the Blurring of Reality,” Wall Street Journal personal-technology columnist Nicole Nguyen explores the ways that artificial intelligence is warping our understanding of what is real.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
But the money and power flooding into this wave of AI is warping and intensifying the trappings of a typical Silicon Valley gold rush, now set to explode with the launch of GPT-4.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
The timing of sales is just one example of how inflation is warping the shopping season.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
Screencaps acquired by The Verge show that parts of Bookclicker contain a bustling underground community marketplace of ghostwriting, SEO gamesmanship, and ebook exploits, which some in the industry worry is warping the genre.
From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2018
The iron fence is warping and rusting and crumbling.
From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill
