as in liar
a person who tells lies
she was clearly one of the more practiced prevaricators ever to come before the congressional committee
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Noun
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Molo told the jury that five witnesses under oath in the trial had called Altman a liar.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
14 May 2026 -
O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars.—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And this is the director in him, the storyteller in him.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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The winners in this next phase will be the companies that can build around human storytellers who have earned genuine trust at scale.—
Lin Cherry,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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“Prevaricator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevaricator. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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