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Adverb
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Jacob goes to Isaac with this hairy disguise, deceitfully announces himself as Esau, and obtains his father’s blessing—much to the chagrin of his brother.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 Mar. 2026 -
To help fill their coffers even more, the lobbyists deceitfully expanded the definition of those notch years to include everyone born through 1926.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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At issue was the question of how much say each municipality would have in allowing that new development, with opponents claiming untruthfully that the state wanted to mandate specific quotas for new homes.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Jones has falsely claimed the 2012 elementary school shooting, in which 20 students and six adults were killed, was a hoax.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
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Bank records obtained by CBS 12, through a subpoena, show that Kaiser was allegedly captured on surveillance footage at a JPMorgan Chase branch handing a check falsely attributed to the museum to a teller and then completing the transaction with her debit card.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ferrentino writes her in fairly rote terms as a bleeding-heart doctoral student in poetry, and has her politely recede as the play goes on.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Allison Williams sat nearby in a pewter gown, politely introducing herself to her neighbors.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
15 Apr. 2026
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That forecast, Braun said, erroneously based on tariff impacts, has changed for the better.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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His attorney accused the child actors’ parents of seeking financial gain and erroneously blaming Busfield when the boys weren’t brought back for the final season of the show.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Mendaciously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mendaciously. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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