falsification

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Recent Examples of falsification Jaynes, meanwhile, also faced charges of conspiracy and falsification of records. Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026 Fortunately, the Southern Section worked it out and deserves praise for finally confirming eligibility because the circumstances clearly did not involve falsification of an address, no movement for athletic reasons and was a bonafide change of residence to get a fresh start for everyone involved. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026 Charges related to animal cruelty and neglect, concealed carry of a weapon, obstructing official business and falsification are pending. Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026 That falsification led to lower import duties. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025 The first jury, by contrast, deliberated for days before acquitting Amiri of conspiracy, multiple deprivation-of-rights charges and convicting him of the single dog attack and records falsification. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025 Hoadley was sentenced to three months in prison after a jury convicted him of destruction, alteration or falsification of records, tampering with a witness by harassment, and tampering with documents. Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2025 With 64% of job applicants admitting to résumé falsification, up from 55% just two years ago, according to StandOut CV, companies are hemorrhaging money on staffing and bad hires while genuine talent slips through traditional screening processes. Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Hernandez was charged with 19 counts of misconduct including theft of identity, fraud, falsification of Medicaid documents, nursing without a license and abuse of a patient, officials said. Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsification
Noun
  • Through a complaint drafted by Gary DeVito and other attorneys from Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, Bohm accuses them of fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The second ground is concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That misstatement surely deceived nobody.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Due to misstatement by CoreWeave’s CEO, a prior version of this story had an incorrect figure for the number of data centers.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Researchers at the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center evaluated how AI chatbots handle scientific misinformation through a series of questions about cancer, vaccines, stem cells, nutrition and athletic performance.
    Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This headline was incorrect and circulated on local social media, spreading misinformation.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In some cases, the distortion of Zionism feeds into this trend, blurring the line between political critique and the delegitimization of the Jewish right to self-determination.
    Elad Strohmayer, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Percussionist and sound artist Colin Blanton mints a new alias for a suite of improvisational industrial jams where distortion is baked in at the atomic level.
    Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • During the Thursday earnings call, executives said the company was adding an advanced chip fabrication plant in Tainan, Taiwan, as part of its global capacity expansion efforts.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The protective coating acts as a temporary barrier during fabrication, enabling what the researchers describe as nanoscale surgery.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • More than half of that pile lies, waiting, in Evans’ coffers.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Trump has described Haitian migrants as a threat to the American way of life, including spreading a racist and unfounded lie that Haitians were eating household pets in Springfield, Ohio.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Williams, of course, worked at NBC for nearly three decades, including an 11-year run at NBC Nightly News that ended 2015 after exaggerations and falsehoods were found in some of his reporting, including reports from Iraq, and from New Orleans after it had been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The novel reads, in retrospect, less like exaggeration than reportage from inside a culture already learning to treat life as publicity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At the very least, the definition of lying must include speaking with the aim of causing one’s audience to adopt a falsehood.
    Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The reality, though, is that Polymarket has been criticized for dealing in the language of journalism while peddling wildly irresponsible falsehoods.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026

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“Falsification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsification. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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