piousness

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Noun
  • This stylization gives her a veneer of being disarmingly kind; but ultimately, is a form of deception that caused Sophie to fatally trust this person.
    Tiffany Leigh, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Codenamed Operation Midnight Hammer, the overnight mission relied on deception, aerial refueling, and near-total radio silence to hit Iran's Fordo and Natanz enrichment facilities—sites that had withstood weeks of sustained Israeli attacks.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The outer appearances distracted me from the inner holiness.
    Rabbi Jack Engel, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2025
  • However, Christianity honored the holiness of these transgender saints.
    Sarah Barringer, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • More irksome is the vein of hypocrisy running through this ‘standard setting’ messaging from Sox leadership.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
  • The craven hypocrisy of all this no longer registers for the right.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Was that a common thing for you, to connect Indigenous brothers on the inside with the spirituality, and really push that?
    Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
  • In the past couple of years, Corbin got sober, went vegan, and became engaged with politics and spirituality.
    Eamon Whalen, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • But the level of deceit of this entire plan is mind-boggling.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • The defense’s case largely rests on accusations that the investigation into O’Keefe’s death was mired by deceit, incompetence and bias.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • From our review: Tessa Van den Broeck, a newcomer, plays Julie with zero affectation.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • No fussy affectations, just a deliberate tamping down of his more charismatic qualities.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Tiron Alexander, 35, was convicted by a federal jury of wire fraud and entering a secure area of an airport by false pretenses on June 5, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
    Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
  • World & Nation Sean Combs’ inner circle reveals a world of guns, abuse, kidnapping and death threats May 28, 2025 The federal indictment alleges that Combs and his associates lured female victims, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Venis, as the one who’s opened the Pandora’s box, is also a mirror version of OpenAI’s Sam Altman, minus Altman’s pretensions to caution.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
  • And often next to Ed, holding a single malt, there would be an unsmiling writer of great pretension looking down at you from a great height.
    Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
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“Piousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piousness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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