as in libels
law
the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth
He was found guilty of perjury.
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Noun
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Although the threat of death was everywhere in this show, the list of actual deaths is relatively short and the majority had to do with the anonymous blackmailer and the secrets and lies built around Alison’s fake death.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025 -
In an interview with WWD, Khalifa Bin Braik, chief executive officer of Majid Al Futtaim Asset Management, discusses the strategic thinking behind the transformation as well as the company’s ambitious plans and where the future of retail lies.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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The last quarter of the eighteenth century was a pre-democratic era, and all efforts to read a Jacksonian or Tocquevillian faith in the wisdom of the common man into the American founding are misleading distortions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Perplexity’s image features photographs of people with some truly nightmarish distortions on its wall, while the placement of its sink is confusing and distracting.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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Too often, these nations assume such threats are bluffs or exaggerations because their own logic struggles to grasp that someone would be so blatant.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
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There’ll be scenes that are inspired on certain realities, and there’ll be exaggerations.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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And like the previous two, including an Emmy Award-winning 2022 series about Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the story of Ed Gein has a number of exaggerations and fabrications over its eight episodes.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, the hickory stripe denim used in the collection has a lighter, smoother weight than modern stiffer fabrications.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Perjuries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perjuries. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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