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Adverb
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This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Mother, the artificially intelligent taskmaster of the Weyland-Yutani corporation.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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The filing comes days after Spotify was accused in another class action lawsuit of permitting massive amounts of streaming fraud on its platform, which siphons royalties from artists whose numbers aren’t artificially inflated.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the debt claims, individuals falsely allege government officials owe them money or property, in some cases claiming ownership of the victim’s home.—
Melody Gutierrez,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Scientists at the military’s labs concluded that a change in the manufacturing process of some poppy seeds had led to contamination, causing service members to be falsely accused of abusing drugs.—
Lucas Waldron,
ProPublica,
6 Jan. 2026
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What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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Slender Man himself emerged years earlier, in 2009, from a chilling online illustration depicting an unnaturally tall, faceless figure with long, tentacle-like limbs.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
24 Nov. 2025
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The title refers to the series' universal optimism pandemic that has somehow swept the planet, creating one unnaturally cheerful global society out of the planet's billions of inhabitants.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Additional uses of geolocation data, the providers say, include proving a bettor is dishonestly disputing credit card charges, revealing sign-up bonus abuse or showing that someone is illegally making proxy wagers across state lines.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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As naive as that may sound in a world where so many self-evident rights and wrongs are being routinely, dishonestly evaluated and reevaluated, the series elevates simple truths in ways that are downright inspirational.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Aug. 2025
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Trump claimed the program deceptively edited an interview with Kamala Harris, calling it election interference.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Take, for example, a $1,000 credit card limit, which can feel deceptively simple.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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No theme rings more true than in Ariel Mahler’s short film Re-Entry, a masterclass character study that artfully weaves the tender and cerebral in a tale of reconciliation with past regrets and the overwhelming power of self-love.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
24 Dec. 2025
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Despite the rich visuals and heavy subject matter, the film itself feels subtle and restrained, the surreal plot artfully revealing itself to the viewer piece by devastating piece.—
Anastasia Sanger,
Glamour,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Hypocritically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypocritically. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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