correct a distortion

Frequency: 7.08.5 per million words

to fix or remove a misrepresentation of facts

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Examples (10)

  • The newspaper was forced to print a retraction to correct a gross distortion of the facts.
  • Historians work diligently to correct historical distortions and present a more accurate account of the past.
  • The lawyer's primary role was to correct the distortion created by the witness's testimony.
  • I had to interrupt him to correct a distortion of what I had actually said.
  • In my next statement, I will correct the distortion that has been spread by the media.
  • This academic paper aims to correct a long-standing distortion in the understanding of the artist's early work.
  • The scientific community has worked for years to correct the public's distortion of climate change data.
  • As a journalist, it is your duty to correct any distortion of the truth immediately.
  • Correcting the distortion of scientific facts is crucial for public policy.
  • If we don't correct this distortion now, it will become accepted as truth.