Thesaurus results for SMOKE SCREEN

smoke screen

noun

Definition of smoke screen

as in front

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Recent Examples of smoke screen And, while the smoke screen of the war is going on, China is ramping up their activities. — Morgan Chittum,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026 Their smoke screens covered many square miles and needed fewer people to operate them. — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026 The exposure of political smoke screens The uprising also exposed manufactured alternatives. — Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026 Another thing worth noting is that there are plenty of smoke screens that emerge from the winter meetings. — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smoke screen

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Noun

Certain items in the front of the shelf in a refrigeration section measured above 41 degrees (cookie dough 45 degrees, sour cream 47 degrees).

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
The cold front that moved through Central Florida this weekend is expected to stall over South Florida bringing a liftoff wind hazard as well as the possibility of cumulus clouds that could violate launch rules.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of front

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Upon joining, the young employees typically get assigned to a unit, each designed around a specific literary swindle.

— Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026
Eventually, the great hip-hop swindle gets out of hand, and threatens to break up Billy’s relationship with longtime sweetheart Mary (Lucy Halliday).

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of swindle

Noun

That changed after the 2020 presidential election, when secretaries of state in places such as Arizona, Georgia and Michigan were thrust into battles over election results, certification and false claims of widespread fraud.

— Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
As Vanity Fair reported at the time, the article led to an all-hands meeting at The Times where some staffers questioned the choice to run a soft profile on a woman who had been convicted of fraud and was about to head to prison.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of fraud

Noun

That these sort of games, with their duplicity, hypocrisies and teary moments of tenderness, are popular is beyond question, and that is certainly how viewers are invited to watch.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
David Sacks, former tech investor and White House AI and crypto czar, has an excellent counterpoint that could explain the apparent duplicity of Dario's manifesto.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of duplicity

Noun

Now the federal government has launched a voucher program by making an end run around state legislatures.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Castaneda, Marshall writes, made an end run around the department’s Yaqui expert, with the other committee members overly impressed by his au courant melange of fieldwork and gauzy ruminations, despite the fact that his timelines and grasp of mycology didn’t make sense.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Definition of end run

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