hokum

Example Sentences

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Gershman added that “virtually every fact contained in the report is likely already in the public domain” and said that the “idea that releasing the report will prejudice codefendants is hokum.”

From Salon

One former Tory minister said: “We need to call out this hokum”.

From BBC

I considered joining the eclipse crowds in Carbondale, Ill., where a news report on Atlas Obscura said that old-time apocalyptic fever — also known as modern-day conspiracy theorist hokum — had taken hold.

From Los Angeles Times

For all the creakily derivative supernatural hokum on display, the ghosts that haunt this movie turn out to be all too persuasively real.

From Los Angeles Times

Continued research into emergent branches of regenerative medicine is still a worthwhile pursuit despite the anti-aging hokum, particularly given the need to advance therapies around stem cells, immunomodulation and transplantation.

From Salon