half-truth

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Recent Examples of half-truth Gutter guard companies and salesmen may be spewing half-truths to you. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025 Science and reason get stepped on by half-truths and conspiracy theories. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025 We are constantly bombarded with half-truths and content designed to divide. Kendra MacDonald, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Tribune reporter Ronald Yates then revealed in 1976 that two witnesses were forced to tell half-truths and withhold vital information during Toguri’s trial. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025 Surveys get half-truths, interviews get sugarcoated and focus groups get filtered. Jim Longo, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 Sifting fact from fiction has been nearly impossible on both sides of the border because of the sheer volume of falsehoods, half-truths, memes, misleading video footage and speeches manipulated by artificial intelligence. Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 17 May 2025 Our feeds are flooded with faux news and half-truths, designed to prop up confirmation biases and advance political agendas. Slaine, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025 That’s when the parade of half-truths goes marching by. John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-truth
Noun
  • Of course, as with everything involved in this sextortion scam, that’s a lie.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Newsom is seeking $787 million — the same amount that Fox News paid to settle a defamation suit with Dominion Voting Systems, a company that claimed the network repeatedly aired false allegations about its voting machines to boost Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was rigged.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • At least for now, the Saks story is no longer a tale about financing.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
  • Sula by Toni Morrison Toni Morrison’s suite of stunning historical novels includes Beloved, A Mercy, and this 1973 tale of a friendship between Sula Peace and Nel Wright.
    Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • For beautiful views of the Tennessee River and Wilson Dam, head to this greenspace with a scenic 1.3-mile trail along the waterfront with interpretive displays sharing stories about Florence’s history.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • Instead of museum stories, this is a living legacy of knowledge that needs to be shared with the human family.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025

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“Half-truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-truth. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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