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as in myths
a false idea or belief
the possibility of a perpetual motion machine is one falsehood that has been disproved by modern physics
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as in lies
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
several falsehoods in the witness's testimony that may be grounds for perjury
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Recent Examples of falsehoods
Such undead falsehoods drive our current peril.
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Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
They are peppered with falsehoods, misrepresentations, insults, praise, self-promotion and erratic capitalizations.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
And given that the current president has put falsehoods about his predecessor on the White House’s walls, a former first family wanting to hold their own story close is understandable.
—Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Knowing someone — or of someone — who is gay or lesbian has long tended to dispel falsehoods and quell fears that might exist.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Santos, whose political rise and fall was characterized by a notorious trail of lies and falsehoods, claimed my story was riddled with errors.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 4 June 2026
For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.
—Joanna Ossinger,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
In the ensuing months, as Roberts' falsehoods emerged, the Des Moines School Board has sued JG Consulting the search firm that helped the school district find and vet Roberts, accusing it of negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of contract.
—Kyle Werner, USA Today, 30 May 2026
Ace Reputation’s models are trained not just to recognize explicit falsehoods, but to identify subtler distortions - context shifts, narrative framing, and the early signals of viral propagation, Gaurav claims.
—Wyles Daniel
may 19, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
They are peppered with falsehoods, misrepresentations, insults, praise, self-promotion and erratic capitalizations.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
And given that the current president has put falsehoods about his predecessor on the White House’s walls, a former first family wanting to hold their own story close is understandable.
—Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Knowing someone — or of someone — who is gay or lesbian has long tended to dispel falsehoods and quell fears that might exist.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Santos, whose political rise and fall was characterized by a notorious trail of lies and falsehoods, claimed my story was riddled with errors.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 4 June 2026
For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.
—Joanna Ossinger,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
In the ensuing months, as Roberts' falsehoods emerged, the Des Moines School Board has sued JG Consulting the search firm that helped the school district find and vet Roberts, accusing it of negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of contract.
—Kyle Werner, USA Today, 30 May 2026
Ace Reputation’s models are trained not just to recognize explicit falsehoods, but to identify subtler distortions - context shifts, narrative framing, and the early signals of viral propagation, Gaurav claims.
—Wyles Daniel
may 19, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsehoods
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Still, in our age of political cynicism, sports and literature may be the last two places in our culture in which the American myths feel truthful.—
Sam Evan Sussman,
Vogue,
10 June 2026
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Other myths, such as how tanning your perineum can boost energy and balance hormones, or how eliminating seed oils from your diet will protect you from the sun, have also fed into Gen Z tanning culture.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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But then those detectives were deposed and trapped themselves in lies.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
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Prosecutors argued Murdaugh killed his wife and son to distract from his crumbling legal and financial world as years of thefts and lies were closing in on him.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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OpenAI is also facing a number of wrongful death lawsuits, which allege that ChatGPT drove users to experience harmful delusions and, in some cases, to commit suicide.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Work picked up, and Harbour began building a career, often playing a supporting character who helps reveal the hypocrisies or delusions of the protagonists.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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The first book was published the same year as Serial debuted, kicking off our burgeoning obsession with true crime and our tendency to romanticize the male perpetrators while often homogenizing their overwhelmingly female victims into cautionary tales.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
11 June 2026
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Set in Mexico in the late 1800s, the story centers on Francisca, a gifted writer of dark tales and fantastical characters.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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The danger of hallucinations means health officials must tread with caution, given the outsized impact that errors could have in the response to a public emergency.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
12 June 2026
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The model writes the code, runs the tests, reads the errors, fixes the code, runs the tests again, and reports back when something is shipped.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Recent stories of the teenager shopping at a Walmart in Fort Oglethrope, Georgia, near Spain’s training base without attracting much attention illustrates the gap between soccer fame and broader American celebrity.—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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That makes the link between exercise and mental health one of the most actionable health stories anyone can read this week.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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Rustin and Epstein—who recently opened an intimate second space in London for Edel Assanti—were under no illusions.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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This lifelong Black Catholic bears no illusions about the sins of my church.—
Laura Washington,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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“Falsehoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsehoods. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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