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as in fake
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
for that price, you're only going to get furniture covered in bogus leather and not the real stuff
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as in counterfeit
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
the "designer" watches sold on the street are usually bogus
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as in false
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
there was often a lot of bogus conviviality at the company's parties
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Recent Examples of bogus
The GoFundMe page states that Cherry was arrested on bogus allegations on the morning of Feb 18, 2025.
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Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Others are encouraging non-government employees to spam the OPM email with bogus lists.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2025
The days of good old-fashioned phishing attacks using email messages laden with spelling and grammatical errors, informing you of a bogus lottery win or an unexpected inheritance, are long over.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
And so that is an incentive to not admit your ignorance and to build up all sorts of defenses and appeal to bogus authorities in order to remain convinced of your own rational capacities and your independence.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
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Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
Others are encouraging non-government employees to spam the OPM email with bogus lists.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2025
The days of good old-fashioned phishing attacks using email messages laden with spelling and grammatical errors, informing you of a bogus lottery win or an unexpected inheritance, are long over.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
And so that is an incentive to not admit your ignorance and to build up all sorts of defenses and appeal to bogus authorities in order to remain convinced of your own rational capacities and your independence.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogus
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In the days following his post attacking me as fake news, Trump followed up with threats of lawsuits against journalists that use unnamed sources to report on his actions.—
Michael Wolff,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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The attacker then tells it to impersonate the real extension by disabling it if permissions allow, changing its name and icon and displaying a fake login popup that looks just like the real thing.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Health authorities have issued numerous notices to warn about counterfeit medicines sold on the internet.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The yearslong dispute finally went to trial in a New York federal court last year with both sides disputing trademark infringement, false advertising, an implication of an alliance that did not exist, claims of counterfeit goods and other issues.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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In those documents, West discussed not only how to conduct experiments to implant false memories, instill specific mental disorders, and induce trance states, but also how to hide them.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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To illustrate, in the United Kingdom vaccinations took a considerable dip in the early 2000s after Wakefield’ false claims of a link between the MMR shot and autism were posted in the media.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Better Homes & Gardens Marble Toothbrush Holder This luxe faux marble toothbrush holder from Better Homes & Gardens looks so much more expensive than its under-$10 price tag.—
Megan Schaltegger,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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During her second pregnancy, there was the faux fur Loewe outfit in May 2023 and billowing white Valentino gown from the Met Gala that same month.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
10 Mar. 2025
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He had been apprehended while attempting to flee to Dubai using a forged Costa Rican passport, a move that also landed him a prison sentence in Montenegro for document fraud.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Being caught with a fake means risking anything from a simple fine to a charge of criminal possession of a forged instrument, necessitating a lawyer and several court appearances.—
Kaja Andric,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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For its eighth test flight, Starship carried four mock satellites, mimicking Starlink internet satellites, to practice future payload deployments.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The space-skimming flight was supposed to last an hour and couldn’t release the mock satellites into space as planned.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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Undoubtedly, bad actors will seek to exploit these AI agents to create synthetic buyer identities, manipulate transactions and automate fraudulent purchases at scale.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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In a proactive move, Canada began cracking down on fentanyl and synthetic opioids well before Trump imposed tariffs this year.—
Anna Giaritelli,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Mar. 2025
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Of the six substitutions Slot made in the defeat to PSG, Quansah was the brightest addition to the side, despite coming on at right-back, an unnatural position for him.—
Andy Jones,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Bogus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogus. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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