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Recent Examples of untrue For a lot of people, independent-music scenes provide these spaces where people can be exposed to alternative systems that lay out how untrue this myth — that alternatives aren’t possible — really is. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025 Trump has maintained that the accusations are untrue. Angel Saunders, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025 In this vein, Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, and especially Sam. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 Newsom’s team was quick to correct the record, saying Trump’s comments about a declaration are untrue. Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for untrue 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrue
Adjective
  • The lack of clear details in recent warnings, along with several erroneous alerts, have led some residents to take the messages less seriously.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
  • There is also a question whether the IRS has authority to assert penalties on refund claims of employment taxes as the statute that normally allows the IRS to assert penalties on erroneous claims for refund only applies to income taxes.
    Tom Cullinan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Of note: Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.
    New York Times, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • But instead of mounting a defense of free speech against a lawsuit and Trump’s accusations that the network said were false and completely without merit, Paramount is considering following the example of Disney and tech oligarchs who will line up at the inauguration like Mark Zuckerberg.
    Richard Lawler, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Apple is suspending its new artificial intelligence feature summarizing alerts for news and entertainment apps after facing complaints from news outlets and press freedom groups about generating false and inaccurate information.
    Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Businesses should tread carefully, as inaccurate or misrepresented transcriptions could lead to legal liabilities, potential lawsuits, and in some cases, regulatory scrutiny.
    Jason Foodman, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Guinevere, usually relegated to the thankless role of traitorous wife, acts here as Arthur’s beloved confidante.
    Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • And somewhere between them on the war/peace continuum sit the men on Rhaenyra’s borderline traitorous council.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
Adjective
  • For example, malfunctioning sensors, unreliable asset location or gaps in data collection can produce incorrect conclusions about asset movement, leading to questionable insights.
    Fabio Belloni, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In that case, Fox made a modest admission that incorrect claims had been made, but Dominion Voting Systems was able to reveal the size of the settlement — the more telling concession.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • One challenge of narrating Chinese American history is that little is documented and what records do exist are often unreliable.
    Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Ten inches fell in Orleans Parish on Feb. 14, 1895, NOAA says, but NWS says the record is unreliable.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The swindles also involved fake investments, phony sweepstakes, and tech support scams in which a person was contacted and told there was something wrong with their computer, which could be corrected for a fee.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Kohn said he was relieved to finally have a doctor who could tell him what was wrong.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Untrue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrue. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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