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Noun
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Understanding symbolic interpretation as merely code-breaking is a popular fallacy, but the correspondences that underlay symbology are never one-to-one, but rather a complex, interlocking system of connotations and often contradictions across time periods and cultures.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Dec. 2025 -
The authors’ prescription for how the United States can compete with China—that Washington should think in the same ways Beijing has—rests on a dangerous fallacy.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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McCoy is charged with theft by deception, violation of oath of office, and three counts of false statements and writings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Harper got fired for the aforementioned deception.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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Fairness can’t be built on falsehoods.—
Alanna Smith,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Those bogus images and videos spread not just on X, but also along other superhighways of falsehoods, notably the Meta platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads, albeit with less engagement.—
James Warren,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke said paralytic dementia symptoms can include delusions along with memory and language problems.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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But in this version, set in a contemporary world resembling our own, where politics is a spectacle, the main character’s delusions revolve around television.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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