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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Rain early in the week resulted in preferred lies for those in the fairways, and that meant players were dialed in and firing at pins.—
Jeff Hartman,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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History and tradition lie at every turn.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Noun
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There is a little more to it, as the tale of the boy from Yonkers has some of the same up-and-down flair of the Knicks and Mets during his Hall of Fame career.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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And hey, if this movie racks up the views, perhaps the next tale will make it to theaters, with bigger co-stars to boot.—
Mark Meszoros,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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This two-story house has three bedrooms and four bathrooms.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Prevarication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevarication. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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