deceit

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Recent Examples of deceit Reed Sigmund delivers a tour de force as Silver, a scene-stealing bundle of charm, rage and deceit who displays a kind side to the boy that you can never be convinced is genuine. Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025 Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed. Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025 The rest of the book is autobiographical, a love story between two writers, but also, a tale of deceit. Sarah Adler september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025 Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deceit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceit
Noun
  • So, perhaps the issue is the deception and not the expense.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
  • But with this shift comes a new era of digital deception.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Fear of uncomfortable conversations creates cultures of dishonesty, making innovation impossible.
    Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Smee’s traumatized both by Arthur’s sudden death and Slightly’s dishonesty.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the next pretext might not be crime; it might be supposed voter fraud, a phenomenon that is statistically almost non-existent.
    Elizabeth Goitein, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But Giuliani accused the company again of contributing to voter fraud not long after on his radio show.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Emotional cheating occurs when someone develops a strong connection with someone other than their committed partner, leading to them sharing intimate thoughts, feelings and experiences, Sara Kuburic, a psychotherapist, previously wrote in USA TODAY.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Slowly but surely, his cheating works.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Federico Marchetti, the Italian fashion entrepreneur, is a master of sprezzatura—the courtier’s art of cloaking ambition and cunning in an air of guileless nonchalance.
    John Seabrook, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Despite being outnumbered 50-to-1 by the Five Families of the Italian mafia, The Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Deceit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceit. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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