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dissembling















NOUN
dissemblance
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Then, the dissembling from Burden’s husband, the declarations that it meant nothing, that he still loved her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

This fits his dissembling about his reason for vetoing the tax-credit bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

But altogether, the scope of his lying certainly seems to go beyond dishonesty or dissembling for monetary gain alone.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2023

He also stumbled, early in the pandemic, by dissembling and stonewalling after nearly $10 million worth of covid-19 testing kits he ordered from South Korea turned out to be unusable.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023

His judgments were strict and fair, and none could sway him through falsehood or dissembling.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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