as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity
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Recent Examples of duplicity
Instead, @AnthropicAI and its CEO @DarioAmodei, have chosen duplicity.
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Tina Nguyen, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Premiering in 2004, Project Runway was instrumental in ushering in a new style of reality competition based on skill rather than duplicity and cynicism.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Despite his layered duplicity, Jonathan understands and defines himself by courting risk.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Morgan Freeman’s Thaddeus shows up, still twinkling with duplicity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
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Tina Nguyen, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Premiering in 2004, Project Runway was instrumental in ushering in a new style of reality competition based on skill rather than duplicity and cynicism.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Despite his layered duplicity, Jonathan understands and defines himself by courting risk.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Morgan Freeman’s Thaddeus shows up, still twinkling with duplicity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicity
Noun
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Widespread deception was rampant, with businesses spending far more on green marketing than on actual sustainability improvements.—
Suvrat Dhanorkar,
The Conversation,
18 May 2026
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That, along with the angle of his arm—his arm slot, in baseball terms—adds another layer of deception.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Unlike the recent Margo’s Got Money Troubles, a series intent on adding human texture to all our preconceptions about online adult performers, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed seems more interested in the dramatic potential of intimate deceit.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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But those movies, in different ways, were about trickery and deceit, about drawing the audience into a head game of perception.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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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
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Beyond the deceptiveness of the narrow material view, spiritual light and hope are always present to be found and felt.—
Sue Brightman,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Jan. 2025
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The arrest of a North Miami Beach condominium property manager in early April serves as a reminder for Florida condominium associations of the potential for fraud involving construction and renovation projects.—
Meily Perez,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Minnesota seems to be the fraud capital these days.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2026
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Antisocial personality includes a persistent pattern of traits such as callousness, lack of concern, deceitfulness, and irresponsibility, Ryan said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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Perfidy — from the French perfidie via the Latin perfidia — means deceitfulness, treachery or a breach of faith or promise.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Widespread cheating must be stopped.—
Ann Kirschner,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Since there have been classrooms, there’s been student cheating.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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For everyone else, including this freelance journalist without an expense account, the approach is more like a military-level obstacle course designed to test your cunning and will.—
Jada Yuan,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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The quality that drew Kurosawa to Yonezawa’s novel in the first place is not valor or cunning but something considerably less heroic.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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“Duplicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicity. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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