garble

verb

ˈgär-bəl How to pronounce garble (audio)
Definition of garblenext
1
as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

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2
as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

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Recent Examples of garble SecNav’s just a big fan, and that message got garbled in a chain-of-command game of telephone. — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025 Data-poisoning tools like Nightshade, which can garble some AI outputs, may be a more effective solution for concerned artists. — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024 The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024 Packets can be lost or delayed, for example, when a network is busy, creating unintentional silences that can garble speech or cause callers to talk over one another. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2014 See All Example Sentences for garble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garble
  1. distort
  2. filter
  3. misrepresent
  4. clarify
  5. extract
  6. fine
  7. refine
Verb
  • But this perception completely distorts what most Palestinians believe and are prepared to accept.
    — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The absurdist look at greed and climate change, reality and the distorting power of media, feckless world leaders and rapacious billionaires, struggled to get off the ground.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of distort
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  • Pure Bass Sound while actively filtering out unwanted background distractions.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Advanced internal valves are specifically engineered to filter out high-frequency vibrations from coarse road surfaces.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of filter
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  • Muslim American scholars and civic leaders say sharia primarily guides worship, ethics and personal conduct, and that its demonization misrepresents ordinary religious practices while fueling anti-Muslim fear.
    — David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Meta, meanwhile, agreed last month to pay up to $17 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a host of states that alleged the company misrepresented the extent of child mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook and Instagram.
    — Jonathan Vanian,Ari Levy, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of misrepresent
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  • Crash axes The UAE’s attorney general’s statement was the first time authorities have clarified the weapon the attacker used.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Later, campus administration clarified that their initial communication had been sent erroneously and the funds were being held temporarily for review.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of clarify
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  • Much of the fear stems from Paramount's pledge to extract more than $6 billion in annual synergies within three years of closing the merger.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • When Blue Cross Blue Shield recently published research suggesting that hospitals use artificial intelligence tools to extract more money from insurers without providing additional care, people were mad.
    — Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of extract
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  • San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk and Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Matt Goncalves were also fined for mimicking drinking beer as a celebration this season.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Juszczyk, who is in his 14th year of pro football, confirmed online that he’d been fined.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of fine
Verb
  • Indonesia imposed a ban on nickel ore exports to encourage smelters to move refining operations to the country; the country is now pushing to attract more of the EV value chain, including car and battery manufacturing.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • All well and good, but before this could be seriously considered for applications outside the lab, some important things need to be refined.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of refine

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“Garble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garble. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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