canard

Example Sentences

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Bill Gates jumps off a bandwagon that existed in the first place only as a complete and utter canard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

This year, let’s agree to dispel the canard that “summer reading” or “beach books” are something frivolous or less important than the serious literature celebrated in austere outlets like the London Review of Books.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024

La Tour d'Argent rose to fame in the 19th Century and gained notoriety for its signature duck dish, canard au sang, which translates to bloody duck and uses the bird's juices to make a sauce.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

“Write what you know” is splendid advice, but it can also perpetuate an unfortunate canard, namely that great literary accomplishment can be born only of direct, autobiographical experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

The absurd canard to which we have referred is maliciously ill-timed.

From The Message by Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)