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Recent Examples of deceptively
That shot is really fast but deceptively complicated.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
The state of Texas sued Kenvue last week, accusing the company of deceptively marketing the painkiller as safe.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Paxton claimed Tylenol was deceptively marketed to pregnant women.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
Another deceptively simple dish is the chicken rice (cơm gà) featuring an intact leg and thigh accompanied by a flavorful, crimson half dome of rice.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
The result was a deceptively clever and fluid attacking unit that, in theory, brought enough defensive resilience when needed as well.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
One of Puth’s greatest talents is constructing songs that sound simple but are powered by dynamic chord switches and deceptively complicated harmonies.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Just in the past two winters, deceptively average rain and snowfall totals statewide masked the extremely dry conditions in Southern California that contributed to devastating fires as well as flood events across the state from powerful atmospheric river events.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Li, a writer whose stories are compressed and deceptively simple, spoke with humor and a certain hardness, perhaps born of the clarity of unimaginable loss.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
The state of Texas sued Kenvue last week, accusing the company of deceptively marketing the painkiller as safe.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Paxton claimed Tylenol was deceptively marketed to pregnant women.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
Another deceptively simple dish is the chicken rice (cơm gà) featuring an intact leg and thigh accompanied by a flavorful, crimson half dome of rice.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
The result was a deceptively clever and fluid attacking unit that, in theory, brought enough defensive resilience when needed as well.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
One of Puth’s greatest talents is constructing songs that sound simple but are powered by dynamic chord switches and deceptively complicated harmonies.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Just in the past two winters, deceptively average rain and snowfall totals statewide masked the extremely dry conditions in Southern California that contributed to devastating fires as well as flood events across the state from powerful atmospheric river events.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Li, a writer whose stories are compressed and deceptively simple, spoke with humor and a certain hardness, perhaps born of the clarity of unimaginable loss.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceptively
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But when Georg is falsely accused of stealing, the children must solve a mystery hidden within the hotel’s walls, all while the shadow of Nazi Germany begins to grow around them.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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He was found liable in 2023 for defaming two Georgia election workers after falsely accusing them of ballot fraud during the 2020 presidential election.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Throughout the movie, Lanthimos doles out pieces of backstory in short, dreamlike sequences that unfurl in black and white, artfully filling in the blanks of Teddy’s particular interest in Michelle.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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Featuring the works of artist Michael Storrings, the puzzle artfully depicts a snowy winter scene in New York City, complete with the subway line, skyscrapers, bright yellow taxis, storefronts, and of course, pedestrians strolling the streets.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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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Mother, the artificially intelligent taskmaster of the Weyland-Yutani corporation.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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The filing comes days after Spotify was accused in another class action lawsuit of permitting massive amounts of streaming fraud on its platform, which siphons royalties from artists whose numbers aren’t artificially inflated.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Dawn of the Dead's flood of blood-and-guts is among the most memorable in film history, if only for the unnaturally vivid shades of red.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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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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Then stay even longer for how cannily the album sustains its mix of droll delivery and pure heartbreak.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Oct. 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 17 Nov. 2025.
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