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Noun
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While Davies is Canada’s best player when fit, Canada Soccer has come to understand the fallacy in pinning their hopes on him, or any one player, over the past few years.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026 -
This, of course, was a fallacy, and months later, Hitler seized all of Czechoslovakia and quickly moved beyond.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2026
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Investigators say Ford used a two-part deception.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Staff,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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But then there’s another wrinkle that Holmes is throwing at batters that could really ramp up the deception.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The firm connects those results to its mission of accountability through advocacy work, including defending people who experienced deception, fighting against contracts based on falsehoods, and opposing business practices that view customers as mere sales targets.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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For rationalists, the divide between truth and falsehood is very important; dozens of rationalists spent several days raging at me online.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Or are all the happenings just a delusion?—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
16 Mar. 2026
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Leigh used every moment, every expression, to tell Blanche's story and to illustrate her torment, her delusion, and her desire for affection.—
Darren Franich,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Speciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speciousness. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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