artificially inflated
Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words
describes something made larger than it should be, such as prices or ego
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- The housing market collapsed due to artificially inflated prices.
- The prices of meals are often artificially inflated.
- Analysts warned that the company's stock value was artificially inflated by misleading reports.
- The company's stock value was artificially inflated before the scandal broke.
- His ego, artificially inflated by constant praise, couldn't handle criticism.
- Some critics argue that the housing market is artificially inflated by speculative buying.
- Social media can create an artificially inflated sense of self-worth.
- They were accused of creating artificially inflated demand to drive up sales.
- The report's conclusions were based on artificially inflated statistics.
- A temporary shortage can lead to artificially inflated prices for certain goods.
- The government was accused of presenting an artificially inflated view of economic recovery.
- He worried that his online follower count was artificially inflated by bots.
- Be wary of collectables whose value has been artificially inflated by speculators.
- The cost of living in the city has been artificially inflated by rapid gentrification.
- The perceived demand for the tickets was artificially inflated to create hype.
- Such practices often result in artificially inflated figures that don't reflect reality.
- Critics claim the player's reputation has been artificially inflated by the media.
- Regulators intervened to prevent artificially inflated energy bills.
- We must not present artificially inflated figures to the board of directors.
- The value of their assets was artificially inflated in the financial report.