as in misrepresentation
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as in weaseling
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate
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as in cheating
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
she's been fudging on her taxes for years
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as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position
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Recent Examples of fudging
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
But the number-fudging didn’t end there.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
No more tiny little pencils – or fudging those tallies.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Charlotte’s husband is debriefing with Shaw, while obviously fudging the details of Pauly’s death.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
Kennedy accused Monarez of fudging the reason she was dismissed.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
This can be done daily, making the sensors timely and not subject to fudging or underreporting.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Trump alleged over Truth Social that the District has been fudging statistics to create the appearance that crime was on the decline.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
The primary visual trickery comes in the form of slowed or accelerated film stock, rather than obvious digital fudging.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
But the number-fudging didn’t end there.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
For some of these inquiries, the read-in-between-the-lines accusation was that Neon is fudging the numbers.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
No more tiny little pencils – or fudging those tallies.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Charlotte’s husband is debriefing with Shaw, while obviously fudging the details of Pauly’s death.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
Kennedy accused Monarez of fudging the reason she was dismissed.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
This can be done daily, making the sensors timely and not subject to fudging or underreporting.
—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Trump alleged over Truth Social that the District has been fudging statistics to create the appearance that crime was on the decline.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fudging
Noun
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Often, this is based on an accusation of fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
Verb
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Though that 2017 championship is marred by one of the most egregious cheating scandals in baseball history.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Portraits of him as a cheating drunk, who was unfaithful to his first wife, Julia Nye, also surfaced.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
6 May 2026
Verb
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For example, Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act prohibits unfair or deceptive trade practices, including failing to honor refund promises or misrepresenting return procedures.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
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The trial marks the second phase of New Mexico’s lawsuit after a jury in March found Meta violated the state’s consumer protection law by misrepresenting the safety of Facebook and Instagram for young users and ordered the company to pay $375 million in damages.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Combine fencing with hedging to create a privacy wall around an area such as a hot tub.—
Kristin Hohenadel,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 2026
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Airlines with stronger margin buffers, better fuel hedging, and lower direct operational exposure to the Middle East are among those expected to best weather the looming travel turmoil, Loredana Muharremi, equity analyst at Morningstar, wrote in a note on Wednesday.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For years, bad actors converted residential buildings into de facto hotels, removing housing from neighborhoods and distorting local markets.—
Jamie Smarr,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Normalizing interactions where such limitations do not exist risks distorting the very standard by which human love is measured.—
Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Intel is indeed ramping up capacity quickly, with a new chip fabrication plant now in high-volume production in Chandler, Arizona.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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By the Second World War, the steel alloys had improved in composition, metal fabrication methods made armor more homogeneous, and the thickness was increased to create much tougher plating.—
David Szondy
May 07,
New Atlas,
7 May 2026
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“Fudging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fudging. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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