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Recent Examples of deceptively
Despite the promise of AI and imaging, Lam argues that some of the most critical breakthroughs are deceptively simple.
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Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 5 Feb. 2026
The ingredients and instructions were deceptively simple.
—Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Feb. 2026
Winter airport outfits can be deceptively tricky.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
Save some room for the brown butter almond cake at the end, which sounds deceptively simple but is the very definition of delicious with whimsical plating and delicious—and complex—flavors.
—Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
This is one of those deceptively simple sweaters that adds polish to any outfit.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
Trump alleged the network’s 60 Minutes deceptively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
The backstory is deceptively important in any question, especially for technical topics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
Having Barrett, whose bullying drives and smart cuts have to be accounted for, on the weak side to help out Barnes and Brandon Ingram is a deceptively big deal for the Raptors.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 5 Feb. 2026
The ingredients and instructions were deceptively simple.
—Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Feb. 2026
Winter airport outfits can be deceptively tricky.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
Save some room for the brown butter almond cake at the end, which sounds deceptively simple but is the very definition of delicious with whimsical plating and delicious—and complex—flavors.
—Asonta Benetti, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
This is one of those deceptively simple sweaters that adds polish to any outfit.
—Annie Blackman, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
Trump alleged the network’s 60 Minutes deceptively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
The backstory is deceptively important in any question, especially for technical topics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
Having Barrett, whose bullying drives and smart cuts have to be accounted for, on the weak side to help out Barnes and Brandon Ingram is a deceptively big deal for the Raptors.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceptively
Adverb
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Some families were reportedly subjected to threats and pressure to falsely attribute responsibility for the killings to protesters.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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According to prosecutors, Burkhalter falsely said those investments were backed by real estate holdings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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When medicine can't treat her cancer, a dying youngster (Zelda Adams) reaches out to a forest witch (Toby Poser) who uses dark magic to cheat death, but there's a serious cost involved in this rich and artfully crafted scary movie.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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The scenes at the reunion are simply but artfully shot in black and white, including a revealing conversation the men’s wives and partners have about living with them that gently expands the perspectives brought into the film’s portrait.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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To help fill their coffers even more, the lobbyists deceitfully expanded the definition of those notch years to include everyone born through 1926.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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But through no fault of the actress, the film starts to sag as Erika morphs from intoxicating vixen to deceitfully manipulative monster.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Additional uses of geolocation data, the providers say, include proving a bettor is dishonestly disputing credit card charges, revealing sign-up bonus abuse or showing that someone is illegally making proxy wagers across state lines.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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As naive as that may sound in a world where so many self-evident rights and wrongs are being routinely, dishonestly evaluated and reevaluated, the series elevates simple truths in ways that are downright inspirational.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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For instance, Salt River Project and ASU have parked a device atop a cooling tower in one of the utility’s power plants, leveraging the artificially humid environment around the tower to sip on some of the escaping vapor.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The company shipped patients excessive volumes of devices each month, using these fraudulent billings to artificially inflate the company’s financial reporting and its stock price, the government alleged.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Slender Man himself emerged years earlier, in 2009, from a chilling online illustration depicting an unnaturally tall, faceless figure with long, tentacle-like limbs.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
24 Nov. 2025
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The title refers to the series' universal optimism pandemic that has somehow swept the planet, creating one unnaturally cheerful global society out of the planet's billions of inhabitants.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The special’s opening half-hour is a series of meaningful opening salvos like this, cannily shoehorned into catch-up anecdotes, each of them laying the groundwork for where Nanjiani ultimately wants the hour to land without tipping his hand in one direction or another.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Although that self-realization is timeless, Roder cannily positions it to speak to contemporary times.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Deceptively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceptively. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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