Definition of "massaged" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of massage. (verb)

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• "Nearly everything was 'massaged' to make it appear better."
• "I think they were so happy when anybody showed up in those days, wanting to get into the Marines, that they kind of massaged the numbers."
• "Last year's revelation that some British scientists "massaged" their data for a published paper on the topic has been used by some (who have labeled it "Climategate") to cast doubt on the entire record of scientific research on global climate change."