falsely

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Recent Examples of falsely The rumors falsely claimed that the legendary guitarist criticized Bad Bunny for wearing a dress during past performances — an accusation Santana called baseless. Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025 Pulte ended up wiring the former associate $250,000 that was premised, in part, on the associate falsely promising that Ye would provide financial and public support for Pulte’s online philanthropy, court records show. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025 According to court documents from Carroll County, Maryland obtained by Variety, the charges allege that the Osefos falsely claimed to have been burglarized in April 2024, and that items from their home were stolen (designer bags and jewelry). Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025 This was the danger Madison considered — that mystic memory would falsely elevate the Constitution. Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025 On the earlier date, police were reportedly called to one of the houses after a swatting incident falsely reported a shooting and a dead female victim. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Trump was found to have provided misleading accounts to lenders, falsely inflating his net worth. Callum Sutherland, Time, 10 Oct. 2025 The referral alleged James committed fraud in 2023 during a home purchase by falsely indicating the property would be her primary residence. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025 Right-wing politicians and pundits alike have falsely blamed trans people for mass deaths at least 12 times since 2022, with such accusations ramping up this year. Samantha Riedel, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsely
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • If donning the jacket leather side up, pops of sherpa fuzziness will still be yours to enjoy, as the coat’s patch pockets are artfully topped by the material.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Few filmmakers have mined their own life as ruthlessly, or as artfully, as Noah Baumbach.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In addition to delivering high-quality search results, this method hinders search-engine cheating; artificially boosting your web page by putting up a thousand pages linking to it won’t accomplish much if those pages have low status.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
  • People trying to make money off unsuspecting investors by artificially influencing the price of a stock, say.
    Kate Concannon, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • Rental Family cannily exploits its unusual premise to both comical and moving effect.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Falsely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsely. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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