prevarication

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevarication
Noun
  • Basing a political movement on lies and conspiracy theories is inevitably going to come back to haunt you.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • The misinformation, and sometimes blatant lies, being spread around the country could result in someone stepping into a federal operation and suddenly finding themselves face-to-face with a killer who has nothing to lose.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The Coldplay public humiliation is a cautionary tale of atrophied American privacy.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
  • That tale is just one of many in the story that don’t show Joel in an especially flattering light.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Little Dream's cake also featured some butterfly detailing, as seen on Khloé's story.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 29 July 2025
  • His story hit just as Pastel QAnon — a softer, Instagram-friendly offshoot of the movement — was flourishing.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025
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“Prevarication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevarication. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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