as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
she knew that his account was a pure prevarication
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Recent Examples of prevarication
This week, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi gave a master class in obfuscation, prevarication, and pettiness.
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John Ficarra, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
There was no picture, there was no drawing, there has been so many lies, so much prevarication, so much cover up.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
John Ficarra, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
There was no picture, there was no drawing, there has been so many lies, so much prevarication, so much cover up.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevarication
Noun
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The Afghan Taliban’s constant lies.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Further in lies a 12-seater dining room and a living room with a soaring 43-foot-tall ceiling and massive arched windows that spotlight Big Apple landmarks like the Manhattan Municipal Building and One World Trade Center.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When The Departed becomes a hit, the narrative of Wahlberg versus Damon becomes a triumphant tale of King Marty keeping his hot-blooded A-listers in check.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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Jones considers Toni Morrison an influence, and Kin could be read alongside 1973’s Sula, also a tale of a profound female friendship.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ghazali lived in a single-story brick home in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn Heights about 38 miles south of the synagogue.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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That Mann himself had written stories on gay themes added to the piquancy of the encounter.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Prevarication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevarication. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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