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This attempt at lowering royalty payments to an already beleaguered songwriter community is in the worst bad faith and a perversion of the Copyright Royalty Board settlement that the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the National Music Publishers Assn.
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Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
The last round of talks collapsed in December amid charges of bad faith between Egypt and Ethiopia.
—Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The Republicans accused the Democrats of bad faith, and the Democrats responded in kind.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024
In the hands of bad faith actors, it can be used for nefarious purposes.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
The last round of talks collapsed in December amid charges of bad faith between Egypt and Ethiopia.
—Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The Republicans accused the Democrats of bad faith, and the Democrats responded in kind.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2024
In the hands of bad faith actors, it can be used for nefarious purposes.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad faith
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In any case, withholding specific details or not providing all necessary facts is considered a form of dishonesty.Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Just at that moment, Shiva appeared from the light and cursed both Brahma and the ketaki flower for their dishonesty.Robert J. Stephens, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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The unending, unjust Israel-Hamas war exposes rifts in the universality of human rights and the hypocrisy of Western nations, writes Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist and former professor of journalism at Princeton University.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Intended to point out the hypocrisy, the Mona installation offered an opulent retreat for female guests, who were served champagne by male butlers.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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The resulting encounter, in which his vulnerability and her deceits are laid bare, provides a quietly shattering climax.Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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So expect Vance and Walz (mostly Walz) to spend a lot of time pointing out fabrications, dishonesties, deceits and general flim-flammery.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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The right-wing press, though, which had sung the praises of Reuss’ performance a few days earlier, now saw confirmation of characteristic Jewish duplicity and demanded that the government charge Reuss with fraud.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Finally, in August, Peters’ duplicity caught up with her.Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Sensing deception takes human skill and incorporates unquantifiable things like the tension in the air, a knowledge of the past bluffing behavior of a particular opponent, and subtle tells (which may be subconsciously sensed more than explicitly identified).Jim Euchner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Whatever the truth of the tale about the décolleté dress and the husband’s deception, the pregnancy had a tragic result: though the baby was delivered safely, the Marquise, like so many women of the time, fell sick shortly afterward, and died within the week.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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But conservatism ought not to be equated with populist buffoonery and mendacity.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Oct. 2024
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And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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