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Recent Examples of untruth The recent publications spreading untruths about Stephen have crossed every line of decency. Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 Roy Cohn’s long, dark shadow was hanging over the Capitol Rotunda on Monday and his legacy of aggression, misinformation and untruth is now a Kingdom Come. Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025 By contrast, animal hides are often non-biodegradable since they’re frequently coated in plastic—another untruth that has been promulgated by the industry. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025 The verb lie, lie, lied, which means to tell an untruth, is an intransitive verb not requiring an object. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for untruth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untruth
Noun
  • Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 21 June 2025
  • The series focuses on the dynamics of one Danish family and the stripping away of their—and our—delusions about climate change, status, exile, and separation.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Of course, as with everything involved in this sextortion scam, that’s a lie.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Newsom is seeking $787 million — the same amount that Fox News paid to settle a defamation suit with Dominion Voting Systems, a company that claimed the network repeatedly aired false allegations about its voting machines to boost Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was rigged.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • This deception couldn’t come at a worse time for America’s debt.
    Thomas Kahn, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Unlike earlier studies that uncovered evasion or deception, this research exposed a more alarming phenomenon: models calculating that unethical behavior was a justifiable strategy for survival.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Learn the secrets behind wands, wishing trees and other plant folklore and myths.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • The man, the myth, the Netflix legend is back and more flirty than ever.
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • At least for now, the Saks story is no longer a tale about financing.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
  • Sula by Toni Morrison Toni Morrison’s suite of stunning historical novels includes Beloved, A Mercy, and this 1973 tale of a friendship between Sula Peace and Nel Wright.
    Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • But here’s the thing: Quantity isn’t the problem—illusion is.
    Sabeer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Bistro lighting hung overhead to give the illusion of a starry night sky.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • This story will be updated after the men's event concludes.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 July 2025
  • The resurrection and the rest The Nick Drake story might have ended there — a cult artist remembered by few, lost to many.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • With very little margin for error, any misstep could lead to a steep correction.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • After three weeks in a Louisiana jail — because of an apparent error by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — Cheikh Fall had finally come home to his wife.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025

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“Untruth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untruth. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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