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Adjective
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Many politicians and government employees learned from The Times that they had been targeted with spurious filings.—
Melody Gutierrez,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026 -
Soon papers were published with claims of galaxies at redshifts of 10, 11 and even higher—and while many of those preliminary measurements wound up being spurious, several were ultimately confirmed out to redshifts greater than 14.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
25 Dec. 2025
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Drake Maye, the third overall pick in 2024, is playing unreal football right now after connecting on 21 of 23 passes to beat the Titans 31-13 last week.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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Dohnányi, after no end of rigorous rehearsal, obtained a collective sound of unreal, flabbergasting clarity.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Gadjovich went pseudo-viral following Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final last season, a 6-1 Panthers win over the Edmonton Oilers, following a full line brawl in the third period capped by a lengthy fight between Gadjovich and the Oilers’ Darnell Nurse.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Many of the individual works are stellar, but the theme is so baggy as to be meaningless, and the wall labels have a rote, pseudo-academic quality.—
Sebastian Smee,
Washington Post,
14 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Suu Kyi is currently serving a 27-year prison term on charges widely seen as bogus and politically motivated.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Dec. 2025
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The bogus charges were also later dropped.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Suppositious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppositious. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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