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Noun
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Salvat, a real estate agent who has branded himself an anti-establishment outsider, accused his rivals of hypocrisy.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Her hero, Vernon, is a fallen Gen-Xer trying to survive it all—and the book is critical of his generation’s hypocrisies.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ay, the superb slyness of that last response!—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their perfidy is memorialized in the English language, though.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The prior month, Vice President JD Vance had lodged his own complaints about Europe’s alleged perfidy, threatening that the United States might withdraw its security guarantees from Europe if the EU continued to aggressively regulate U.S. tech companies.—
ANU BRADFORD,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To Serbian audiences, Vučiċ accuses the EU of duplicity and anti-Serbian prejudice.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Stevenson’s pirates are a frighteningly murderous and totally untrustworthy bunch, thriving on threats and duplicity.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And yet Broncos' run game and offensive trickery isn't working.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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Later on in the opening frame, the Knights extended their lead with some trickery.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Everything can be used as a tool for good and to build, or for bad and destruction and deception.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The question now is whether our ability to detect deception can evolve as fast as the tools that create it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The slipperiness becomes a source of misunderstanding when a cat is caught up a tree.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The smoothness of recent CBA negotiations should ensure there’s more money coming into the market in the coming years, too.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Research suggests marine collagen can help improve the elasticity, hydration, and smoothness of the skin.—
T'Keyah Bazin,
Verywell Health,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Insidiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insidiousness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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