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Adjective
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk came under fire this year for a gesture that drew comparisons to a Nazi salute at President Donald Trump’s second-term inauguration and promoting spurious claims of white genocide in South Africa on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter).—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
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Xi Jinping was only nine years old in 1962, when his father, a senior member of Mao’s government, was purged on spurious charges, including approving the publication of a novel about his mentor.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Oct. 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
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The new season finds the Shazam moving company battling corporate giant Zenithon Logistics, while Everett (Jae) drags the team through increasingly desperate schemes such as insurance scams, bogus grant applications and a basement AirBnb conversion gone wrong.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Linhardt said the bogus bills are likely left over from a previous film production in the Keys.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Suppositious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppositious. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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