pretense
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She suggests crafting messages that offer the pretense of networking while preserving ambiguity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It is supplying the constitutional context and stripping away the pretense courts so often cling to when they want to stay out of the fray.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
That’s the pretense that brought Anthea Hartig, an historian and the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, before a House committee on Tuesday.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Rubio added that the Nicaraguan leader and his wife, Rosario Murillo, whom Ortega named as his "co-president" in February 2025, had "abandoned even the pretense of popular consent".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sheets and blankets had been hung between the various living quarters to make a pretense of privacy.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Barofsky said Fain declared under false pretenses that Boyer had been derelict in his duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But that news is tempered by the drumbeat of reports from the other end of the airport, where scores of arriving travelers have been detained in frightening conditions and under flimsy pretenses.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
She could use some time alone, and Glenn could use a forced change of scenery — even if it’s under false pretenses.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
This is not the first time in recent weeks that authorities have arrested people accused of trying to enter evacuation zones under false pretenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false pretenses.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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