spin-doctored
adjEtymology From spin doctor.
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Manipulated to appear in a more favorable light.
- In this spin-doctored version of events, the prime minister was returning from a royal banquet at Windsor Castle, when he received an unexpected call to say his culture secretary was resigning.2014 April 9, Rowena Mason, “Maria Miller: minister who got on the wrong side of MPs, public and press”, in The Guardian:
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