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as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
got whatever she wanted through shameless dissimulation
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as in deceit
the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have
teenagers indulging in dissimulation simply in order to be one of the in crowd
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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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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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Lamb is playing a part, disguising his true cunning under a veneer of filth.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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His eccentricities — once easily dismissed as the affectations of a lonely man — read maniacal.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Strangely, the results come off as a directorial affectation, a willful cramping of her style.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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Voter fraud by noncitizens — including both lawful immigrant residents and those here illegally — is very rare, experts have found, and studies have found no evidence of widespread noncitizen voting in previous elections.Laura Doan, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Hundreds of thousands of Georgians poured through the thousands of polling locations across its 159 counties, including in Fulton County, the epicenter of former President Donald Trump’s claims that election fraud in the region cost him the state and the entire 2020 election.Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Oct. 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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“Dissimulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimulation. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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