prevarication

Example Sentences

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The source who alerted The Times to VOA’s decision feared it suggested prevarication by the administration.

From Washington Times

A real professional prosecutor went to work on Trump; there were no political prevarications.

From Salon

Green or not, Chris calmly walks Cybil into a corner with Mia's assistance, following a barrage of prevarication: "In the interest of transparency, was I hired for a permanent anchor position because I am black?"

From Salon

The children's commissioner also said there had been "a year and a half of prevarication and delay" over the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

From BBC

A devotee of prevarication and double-dealing, Molière would have made the most, in three acts, of stories like these.

From New York Times