paltering

present participle of palter

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Recent Examples of paltering Another subtype is paltering, where the models use a selective true statement to mislead the human. IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Fast forward to this month when Tooley was accused of dealing 100 grams of crack cocaine near Fields Corner in Dorchester, just a short distance away from his legal firm Adapt & Evolve LLC.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In São Paulo, the NFL star inadvertently collided with star wide receiver Xavier Worthy in the opening minutes, injuring the Texas product and dealing yet another blow to the team’s depth chart at WR, since Rashee Rice is serving a six-game suspension pegged to a high-speed car crash in 2024.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While major pro sports leagues feature a stable arrangement, with unionized players negotiating a CBA and collectively bargained terms exempt from antitrust scrutiny, the opposite is true in college sports.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The official also said that a negotiating team was getting ready to travel, but there was no date specified.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sernatinger said the union hopes to begin bargaining in October, after settling a dispute with Pathfinders management over which positions were covered under OPEIU Local 39.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Contenders for the leadership of Brazil’s right wing coalition are already emerging and are bargaining for Bolsonaro’s endorsement for being presidential candidates in the 2026 elections.
    Adriana Carranca, Time, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Paltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paltering. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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