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Recent Examples of quackery
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
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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
Part of it is that the history of this field, both scientifically and technologically, has really been plagued by the shadow of quackery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
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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
Part of it is that the history of this field, both scientifically and technologically, has really been plagued by the shadow of quackery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
See All Example Sentences for quackery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quackery
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Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings from the highest level of the military, BODYGUARD OF LIES exposes the tangled web of deception fed to the American public by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Mauriello, a senior lecturer at the University of Maryland, said in his experience, people's sympathetic nervous system could be activated by a host of reasons — beyond deception.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2025
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Twain was both a brilliant writer who exposed America’s hypocrisies with humor and wit, and an angry man who savored revenge, nursed grudges and blamed God for the blows fate rained down on his head.—
Mary Ann Gwinn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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But with the the Midnight Cowboy star and his inner circle making a number of films themselves overseas and in Canada, their hypocrisy seems glaring and perhaps self-serving.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 May 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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Political Gaslighting Political gaslighting is a form of dishonesty that distracts or confuses public opinion about a political issue, according to political communications researchers.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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For example, talking about a co-worker's dishonesty or whether children are safe around someone—though disparaging toward that individual—may have widespread benefit, McAndrew said.—
Cathy Nelson,
Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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In Towards Zero, Rhys plays a troubled detective who tries to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction.—
Brianne Tracy,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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But today, finally, Santos has been held accountable for his years of fraud, deceit and theft.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2025
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And some saw duplicity in Holden’s efforts since the councilman had fought so vigorously to restrict liquor licenses in South L.A. after the 1992 riots.—
Jaimie Ding,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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The publication, known for its close ties to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, framed the talks as yet another round of predictable Western duplicity.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Quackery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quackery. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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