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Recent Examples of smoke screen
Optional features include smoke screens, thermal night-vision and electromagnetic pulse protection.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
The concern is that this might be a kind of smoke screen.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
The concern is that this might be a kind of smoke screen.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke screen
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Well, Alan, so looking ahead, is there any unfinished business on the international tax front?—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Also on the sustainability front, since last year ICR pivoted from using cosmetic-grade alcohol derived from Hungarian corn to the one derived from German sugar beet, a shift that ensures a lower environmental impact and a greater agricultural efficiency and quality.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Regardless, even a bit of shade from a sheer curtain or blinds is better than nothing at all.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2025
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Switching to energy-efficient lighting, using fans, closing blinds, and closing off unused rooms can help lower energy bills.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 June 2025
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According to a press release from Ellison’s office, a jury found Yusuf guilty of six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
12 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's tariff obsession represents another layer of this elaborate swindle.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Jussie Smollett has maintained his innocence in the case, as the debate of whether or not the incident was a hoax or a hate crime has continued in the more than six years since the incident.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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The authorities, though, said on Wednesday, Aug. 13, that detectives believe the whole stunt was a hoax.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, the rise of AI and sophisticated fraud techniques means organizations are managing today's threats with yesterday's tools.—
Chris McHenry,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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GiveDirectly says that's a lower fraud rate than traditional forms of aid.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Those concerns were laid bare in the discovery process for the defamation case that Dominion Voting Systems took against Fox over false suggestions of fraud and other chicanery aired by guests on the network.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
19 July 2025
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One is inclined to ask how much chicanery, deceit, deception and outright lying one must absorb before ending one’s allegiance to that party.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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The judge panel’s vote rejecting Habba comes days after the Trump administration did an end run around a similar appointment in New York’s Northern District with then-interim U.S. Attorney John Sarcone.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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The pair knew their startup’s best chance of success meant doing an end run around all that.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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