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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
While skepticism surrounding the nature of Epstein’s death largely transcended ideological lines, Democrats were more willing to dismiss such claims as conspiratorial than their Republican colleagues.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 18 July 2025
In several cases, chatbots affirmed users' perceptions of alternate realities, spiritual awakenings or conspiratorial narratives, occasionally offering advice that undermines mental health.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Their creators train them to adopt helpful personas—but sometimes these personas can slip, revealing a darker side that can lead some vulnerable users down conspiratorial rabbit holes.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 11 July 2025
Other high-ranking law enforcement officials in the Trump administration, including FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, have also watered down their previous conspiratorial suggestions about the information the Trump administration has on Epstein.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 18 July 2025
In several cases, chatbots affirmed users' perceptions of alternate realities, spiritual awakenings or conspiratorial narratives, occasionally offering advice that undermines mental health.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Their creators train them to adopt helpful personas—but sometimes these personas can slip, revealing a darker side that can lead some vulnerable users down conspiratorial rabbit holes.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 11 July 2025
Other high-ranking law enforcement officials in the Trump administration, including FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, have also watered down their previous conspiratorial suggestions about the information the Trump administration has on Epstein.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
Adjective
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Party leaders could reveal what their rivals were cooking up and reporters could penetrate clandestine deal-making through sources.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nic Carter, a crypto venture capitalist, then coined the term Operation Choke Point 2.0, referring to an Obama administration clandestine operation to debank undesirable industries including firearms dealers and payday lenders in the early 2010s.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Initially, Moscow opted to provide covert assistance to the rebels in the form of advice and financial support, but its involvement grew steadily more militarized.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claims Otter's covert recording violates state and federal privacy and wiretap laws.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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These, though, have generally either been surreptitious efforts or ones that the White House has attempted strenuously to legally justify.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2025
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When one fan posted a surreptitious photo of Sudeikis and Hunt hanging out at a bar, commenters warned them to not share the location.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
1 Aug. 2025
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Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research, undermining the literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely on to make decisions about human lives.—
Guillaume Cabanac,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the party is practically dripping with the unsaid, rife with tiny, furtive glances and pregnant pauses.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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