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disinformation

noun

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as in propaganda

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Recent Examples of disinformation State and nonstate actors have long used physical sabotage against critical infrastructure, disinformation, and offensive cyber-operations to weaken their adversaries below the threshold of conventional warfare. — Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026 Misinformation and disinformation competing with news from actual journalists. — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026 The disinformation surrounding the Ceuta crossing had been building well before Sánchez publicly accused Russian and Israeli-linked networks. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Ministers believe this will reflect changing viewing habits, as well as combat the tide of misinformation and disinformation on online services. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disinformation
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propaganda
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  • The authorities said the man had sent 10,000 files containing extremist content between 2015 and 2020, including material relating to executions, torture and IS propaganda.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Many of the images show Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov surrounded by prominent figures such as actor Vladimir Mashkov, singer Tatyana Kurtukova and Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of the propaganda publication RT.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
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