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Recent Examples of falsification
Pending charges include animal cruelty and neglect, concealed carry of a weapon, obstructing official business and falsification.
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
Cho’s team last month requested a 10-year prison term for Yoon’s earlier defiance of authorities’ attempts to execute his detainment warrant and other charges such as abuse of power and falsification of official documents.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Hayer was also indicted on the charge of falsification of an official indictment.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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
Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
Cho’s team last month requested a 10-year prison term for Yoon’s earlier defiance of authorities’ attempts to execute his detainment warrant and other charges such as abuse of power and falsification of official documents.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Hayer was also indicted on the charge of falsification of an official indictment.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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
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Twenty years or so ago there were many claims by buyers about a misrepresentation of square footage by the seller or by the Realtors.—
Christopher A. Combs,
AZCentral.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Possible fraud and misrepresentation were words used to describe some the expenditures.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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One study — admittedly small and enabled by the hack of affair-arranging app Ashley Madison in 2015 — found that companies whose CEOs or CFOs were paying users of the site were twice as likely to have had a financial misstatement or involvement in a securities class action.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Demonstrators have taken to the streets in response to the shootings, accusing federal authorities of excessive force, while law enforcement officials warn that misinformation and inflammatory rhetoric have fueled anger and confrontations.—
Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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And to many white South Africans, the warped way their country is depicted abroad isn’t even the most important distortion.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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By studying these distortions across large swathes of the universe, scientists can get closer to unmasking dark matter and its various hiding places.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The board’s decision cited a piece from The New York Times that reported the fabrication rate of some new AI systems was as high as 79%.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Zand said chants supporting Pahlavi during recent protests reflect genuine sentiment, not fabrication, though such claims are difficult to independently verify amid internet shutdowns and state censorship.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The content of the speech was a litany of lies, fantasy and exaggerated claims.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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But that confidence in ourselves and our capacity was always a lie.—
Adam Frank,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Speaking of which, the concept of royalty among members of PFV is no exaggeration, though some of the blue blood flowing through members’ veins is merely aristocratic.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
27 Dec. 2025
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The deliberate exaggeration of both Lee’s performance and Park’s direction is what draws us into a suspension of moral disbelief, a sense of complicity with Man-su’s outrageous scheme.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2025
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This will cause people to be unsure of what is truth versus falsehoods.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Glitchy programming isn’t the only font of falsehood.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Falsification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsification. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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