1
as in cunning
skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means
a shady salesman who usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile
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as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
a person so full of guile he can't even be trusted to give you the correct time of day
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Recent Examples of guile
Raducanu and Alcaraz’s partnership is neat, but their doubles skills might come undone against Pegula, who has been here before, and Draper’s lefty guile in the opening round.
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
But the sensational framing obscures what's really happening: design flaws dressed up as intentional guile.
—ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Opening pages show Toews’ characteristic wit and guile squaring off against extraordinary pain.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
This would be somewhat of a raw reach, a player who could get by early with his attacking and defensive guile.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
But the sensational framing obscures what's really happening: design flaws dressed up as intentional guile.
—ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Opening pages show Toews’ characteristic wit and guile squaring off against extraordinary pain.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
This would be somewhat of a raw reach, a player who could get by early with his attacking and defensive guile.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for guile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guile
Noun
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Luke Shaw’s technique and cunning at centre-back deserved to be better rewarded.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Others praised the pup's cunning.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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Advances in deception and seeking technologies will further shape this contest, as each side works to reduce the effectiveness of the other’s systems.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Minnesota’s Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson condemned the deception and affirmed how troubling the ambush was.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.—
Alex Riggins,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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The rest of the book is autobiographical, a love story between two writers, but also, a tale of deceit.—
Sarah Adler
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Nepalese government, citing concerns over fake accounts, hate speech, disinformation and fraud, said the measures were to ensure accountability and make operators responsible for content on their platforms.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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While the classic grounds for denaturalization include concealment of criminal histories or material lies in the naturalization process, there are growing indications that serious tax fraud may be viewed as evidence that naturalization was procured illegally or fraudulently.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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When yet another affair is discovered (Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Byron had his arms wrapped around the company's HR chief, Kristin Cabot, and subsequently faced cheating allegations after they were spotted on the jumbotron.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Guile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guile. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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