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Recent Examples of quackery
Yet medical quackery continues to exist in various forms, and the spread of misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic is among the most timely and notable examples.
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Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Health The science of placebos is fueling quackery The placebo effect is real.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
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Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Health The science of placebos is fueling quackery The placebo effect is real.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quackery
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The deception here is the notion that these four men are playing against one another, cards or dice or some type of game.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Clown references imply the fans are in on Swift's schemes, here for the deception and recognize the serious undertones beneath the singer's stage makeup.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Jaiswal also accused both the U.S. and the EU of hypocrisy in their own trade dealings with Russia, calling out Europe’s significant bilateral trade of goods with the country, amounting to 67.5 billion euros ($78 billion).—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Aug. 2025
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The chance to write about thoughts people never articulate, and their hypocrisies, shames, and fears.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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The entire texture of that life, its willed imposture.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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Body Double Long before the imposture of Anna Delvey, the Tichborne Claimaint swept a nation’s imagination.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2024
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Unrestricted access without guidance can breed dependency, misinformation, or even academic dishonesty.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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His previous troubles hinted at similar dishonesty as his Viagra shenanigans.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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Gi-seok had been caught up in the delicate web of power and deceit that holds Seoul’s two major gangs—the Juwoon Group and the Bongsan Group—in place.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
6 June 2025
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What begins as a convenient living arrangement spirals into a dangerous game of desire and deceit.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 July 2025
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No, the movies in the novel are real, the suffering is real, the evasions and duplicities are real.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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That yearning involves no duplicity or threats to others.—
Jay Tcath,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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“Quackery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quackery. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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