prevarication

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Recent Examples of prevarication 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
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Noun
  • Among the most persistent examples of those divisions are the lies and misinformation about elections that have spread for years through online social channels.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Troll farms, bots, and foreign actors manipulated social platforms to spread lies, sow division, and undermine democratic elections.
    Jeremy H. Gottschalk, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arias weaves a lovely tale of unrequited love that isn’t as unrequited in this sapphic, slow-burn romance that also touches on weighty topics, including divorce and grief.
    Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The tell-tale signs continued to add up.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a recent ProPublica story revealed, the promises of the H-2A visa program can be undermined by extreme abuses the workers suffer, mostly by labor contractors.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The dream drive package includes private transfer to The Barn, Napa Valley Car Club's exclusive clubhouse, post-drive drinks and stories and return transfer.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Prevarication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevarication. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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