deceptive
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According to the executive order, operators in the birth tourism industry use deceptive advertising to entice foreign nationals to give birth in the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
"To some degree, our evaluation design choices and specific configurations enabled the behaviour," it said, while noting its unexpected "signs of novel, potentially deceptive behaviours".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Whatnot auctions’ chaos and speed mean there’s no meaningful moment of decision, said Mark Leiser, an expert on deceptive design who taught digital law at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Unless you can make an argument for deceptive marketing, I don’t hold out much hope.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
I see now what I saw then, flashing by with the swift, deceptive ease of an accident: shower of gravel, windmilling arms, a hand that claws at a branch and misses.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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