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"The omission and/or deceptiveness of this essential information" in advertising could influence consumers' decisions and expose them, "minors in particular", to the risk of unknowingly damaging their health, it said.

From Reuters Apr. 18, 2023

I can’t feel much anger toward Santos for his deceptiveness, just a bit of sorrow.

From Seattle Times Dec. 30, 2022

This was, I learned, typical of the prewar intelligence estimates: They amounted to semi-educated guesses built on previous and seldom-challenged guesses that always assumed the worst and imagined deceptiveness in everything the Iraqi regime did.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2020

He’s been focusing on improving the deceptiveness of his positioning, making the calls for the rest of the secondary and have a better understanding of what each opposing offense is trying to do.

From Washington Times Aug. 27, 2016

Moralizing on the deceptiveness of appearances, Crimmins fortified himself with another slab of cut-plug.

From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by W. B. M. (William Blair Morton) Ferguson




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