suppositious

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Adjective
  • Trade and the Economy To make the case for his tariff policy, Mr. Trump has turned to a stream of misleading statistics and spurious claims about trade history.
    Jamie Leventhal, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Claims of being able to nail down an exact date and time are spurious and carry with them a huge amount of uncertainty.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Meeting your life-long love as a child at church may seem unreal.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Spectators and commentators alike were taken aback as the incident unfolded due to the unreal farmer's tan of Phillips.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This could certainly change if the Rockets land a certain French teenager in this year's draft lottery, but the first half of 2022-23 has assuaged some concerns about the long-term viability of a pseudo-twin-towers in the starting lineup with Jabari Smith flanked by Alperen Şengün.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 15 Jan. 2023
  • In a code division scheme, each call is encoded in a random or pseudo-random sequencing, and receivers at the other end are equipped to decode their own calls.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • While many experts have deemed the lawsuit to be bogus, CBS parent Paramount Global has begun discussing a settlement, especially as company chair Shari Redstone looks to complete a merger with Skydance Media — a deal that will require signoff from Carr’s FCC.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • Co-conspirators then helped the clients prepare false federal income tax returns that fraudulently deducted the bogus business expenses, which federal authorities said were just payments to the company.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
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“Suppositious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppositious. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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