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as in to misrepresent
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in to refute
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsify
Angelica Pacheco, a former Hialeah city councilwoman, was spared a prison term on Thursday after pleading guilty to falsifying information on her addiction treatment center’s emergency loan application to the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
The most successful hockey coach in Swiss history has been fired a month before the country is scheduled to host the IIHF World Hockey Championship after Patrick Fischer admitted to falsifying a COVID-19 vaccination document to get around China’s travel restrictions for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Cantrell was hired as police chief in Valley Mills, in Bosque County near Waco, in September 2024 and fired six months later under criminal allegations of falsifying time sheets.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
In his ruling on post-trial motions, Shah tossed the underlying bribery counts due to the Supreme Court’s decision in Snyder, but kept intact the main conspiracy count as well as guilty verdicts for falsifying ComEd’s books and records, which were charged under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
The most successful hockey coach in Swiss history has been fired a month before the country is scheduled to host the IIHF World Hockey Championship after Patrick Fischer admitted to falsifying a COVID-19 vaccination document to get around China’s travel restrictions for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Cantrell was hired as police chief in Valley Mills, in Bosque County near Waco, in September 2024 and fired six months later under criminal allegations of falsifying time sheets.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
In his ruling on post-trial motions, Shah tossed the underlying bribery counts due to the Supreme Court’s decision in Snyder, but kept intact the main conspiracy count as well as guilty verdicts for falsifying ComEd’s books and records, which were charged under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsify
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The authors, not content to simply defend their viewpoint, misrepresent our organization’s positions on the range of harms that children in DCFS custody experience.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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California’s consumer protection and false advertising laws also forbid misrepresenting goods or services.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Even after Charles delivered an address to Congress that implicitly refuted some core tenets of Trumpism—there was an ode to limits on executive power, a defense of NATO and Ukraine, a rousing call to protect the natural world—Trump raved about it ahead of the state dinner that night.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Department of Homeland Security has refuted claims of inhumane treatment.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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The first mystery that could be solved involves an ultradense clump of matter detected in the system JVAS B1938+666, which is gravitationally lensed, or visibly distorted, thanks to a quirk of general relativity.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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The loans granted by a government to firms may distort competition within the European market and therefore are prohibited by the European Union.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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“Falsify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsify. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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