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Recent Examples of deceptively
The Italian dessert zabaglione is a deceptively easy thing.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Lit Faux Red Berry Branch Adding a decorative and seasonal accent to your autumnal decor lineup is less of a sticker shock this year thanks to a nearly half-off faux red berry branch that lights up yet looks deceptively real.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2025
The president alleged that CBS News' 60 Minutes deceptively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Trump himself sued Paramount over the same interview, alleging it had been deceptively edited — a claim CBS strongly denied.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
And sometimes, those habits are deceptively simple.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The principle behind osmotic potential is deceptively simple.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The 29-year-old is deceptively quick too, his intelligent movement part of the fluid rotations that makes PSG’s midfield so hard to track and contain.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2021, Bovino led journalists in swimming across the All-American Canal, whose deceptively swift current and smooth concrete lining result in migrant deaths every year.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Lit Faux Red Berry Branch Adding a decorative and seasonal accent to your autumnal decor lineup is less of a sticker shock this year thanks to a nearly half-off faux red berry branch that lights up yet looks deceptively real.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2025
The president alleged that CBS News' 60 Minutes deceptively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Trump himself sued Paramount over the same interview, alleging it had been deceptively edited — a claim CBS strongly denied.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
And sometimes, those habits are deceptively simple.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The principle behind osmotic potential is deceptively simple.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The 29-year-old is deceptively quick too, his intelligent movement part of the fluid rotations that makes PSG’s midfield so hard to track and contain.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2021, Bovino led journalists in swimming across the All-American Canal, whose deceptively swift current and smooth concrete lining result in migrant deaths every year.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceptively
Adverb
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Days ahead of the election, voters in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District received mailers from a mysterious group falsely claiming that Republican officials are tracking voter participation and keeping a list of Republicans who don't vote in the special election.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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The two were falsely designated as recruits to the university's crew team even though neither ever participated in the sport.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Satu Aaltonen, a Lego enthusiast from Finland, used the plastic toy bricks to artfully fashion a wearable dress featuring a blue and white color palette, sleeves and a small train, along with an ornate headpiece and veil to match.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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But they are not often confronted so artfully.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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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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Earlier video models often cheated to satisfy prompts, with objects teleporting or morphing unnaturally.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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Lamb suffered the injury on a carry out of the backfield, and his ankle could be seen on the broadcast being unnaturally bent back.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But a House Fiscal Agency report shows that total artificially reduced by the way billions in federal funding is accounted for, by moving Medicaid money to contingency funds where they are not included in the budget total.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The mechanism, which allows teams to artificially lower a cap hit by spreading the money out longer than the contract length, will no longer be permitted as of Tuesday.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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There’s an inherent fascination to this kind of exhibitionist lifestyle that the film cannily exploits in its own sleek, advertising-like presentation.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rental Family cannily exploits its unusual premise to both comical and moving effect.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Deceptively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceptively. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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