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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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as in misrepresentation
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Recent Examples of fudging
Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
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
Verb
But the number-fudging didn’t end there.
—Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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
Verb
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Park Min-young played a timid wife seeking revenge on her cheating man in Marry My Husband.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The basic logic of Article XIII is to promote fair play among the 30 teams and prevent teams from cheating.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Data asymmetries create both competitive advantages and significant challenges, including regulatory hurdles and concerns about synthetic data potentially misrepresenting edge cases or amplifying societal biases.—
Akhilesh Tripathi,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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As Carney sharply questioned the DDA at a commission meeting Tuesday, the normally mild-mannered Commissioner Tom Markert accused him of a vendetta, and of misrepresenting his own statements.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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The novel, published to immediate controversy in India—an obscenity suit was filed over its portrayal of an intercaste romance—offended her Syrian Christian kin, who grumbled about misrepresentation.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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As with the terms hipster or democracy, though, the true definition of midcentury modern has steadily eroded from overuse and blatant misrepresentation on Facebook Marketplace.—
Will Speros,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Is one of the most popular investing strategies quietly distorting the stock market?—
Wes Moss,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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These vulnerable users fell into reality-distorting conversations with systems that can't tell truth from fiction.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Many institutional allocators—from pension funds to endowments—have explored farmland as a long-duration, income-generating asset with potential inflation hedging characteristics.—
Artem Milinchuk,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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But there is no doubt that there is more hedging and downplaying than doubling down.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Existing technologies struggle with fabrication challenges and integration issues that prevent large-scale adoption in real-world systems.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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Remarkably, Rubin is already in the fabrication phase, Nvidia executives said on the call.—
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CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Fudging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fudging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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