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as in myths
a false idea or belief
their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited
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as in lies
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
the Web site is rife with untruths and misleading information
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Recent Examples of untruths
Beyond easily demonstrable untruths about Ukraine, what’s unfortunate about Slezkine’s historical analysis is its failure to ponder cause and effect, even at a superficial level.
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John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025
Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025
Trump is just straight-up doling out untruths – and blaming Biden.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untruths
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The film critiques persistent myths in medical science and highlights the effects of systemic racism on health outcomes, while also promoting discourse and solutions through a robust outreach campaign aimed at educating communities and healthcare institutions about these pressing issues.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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Dielz’s encyclopedia of flowers contains illustrations of and factoids, poems, and myths about flowers.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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The film centers on two fraudulent paranormal investigators who are forced to face real ghosts — and the lies underpinning their business.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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More than half of that pile lies, waiting, in Evans’ coffers.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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The case has rightly focused attention on how chatbots apparently reinforce delusions and foster emotional dependency.—
Marc Augustin,
STAT,
16 Apr. 2026
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Lying in this crypt is Nathan Lane’s Willy Loman, a tragic humbug, his delusions contradicted by the ruins around him.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Amid social turmoil, three intertwining tales of disillusioned misfits collide under the machinations of an all-seeing institution.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, these supernatural tales drop into the story as conveniences rather than as spiritual experiences.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Arize tests and monitors RAG pipelines as well as the agents and applications built on them—debugging and hunting down errors and hallucinations.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Marlins catcher Agustín Ramírez and first baseman Connor Norby made errors, raising Miami's NL-high total to 15 in 15 games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Inside the media center, rows of workstations equipped with laptops and charging points allow reporters to file stories.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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There’s now no mainstream because there are now fewer illusions, both regarding the public and regarding what goes on behind the scenes; the transparency and the resulting scrutiny that extend to the economics and social life of movies extend to the art of cinema as well.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Angine de Poitrine are more like Meshuggah or Dawn of Midi, establishing a meter and then creating rhythmic illusions using creative bursts of syncopation.—
Christopher R. Weingarten,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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Williams, of course, worked at NBC for nearly three decades, including an 11-year run at NBC Nightly News that ended 2015 after exaggerations and falsehoods were found in some of his reporting, including reports from Iraq, and from New Orleans after it had been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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The reality, though, is that Polymarket has been criticized for dealing in the language of journalism while peddling wildly irresponsible falsehoods.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Untruths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untruths. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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