suppositious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppositious
Adjective
  • Seismologists chalked up these spurious readings to instrument errors.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Law enforcement officers would arrest young men, usually Black but also white, on spurious charges and lease them to private companies for profit.
    Time, Time, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • The hubris from these guys is unreal if ur their partner.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The trails are closer to the ocean, and the views are unreal.
    Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 8 Aug. 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
  • In pleading guilty, Raftery admitted to receiving more than $24,000 in 2015 and $30,000 in 2016 for bogus shifts.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Holmes, of course, was convicted in 2022 of fraud related to her bogus blood-testing technology.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Suppositious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppositious. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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