subterfuge
Example Sentences
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“There can be no subterfuge about a cash dividend. It is either paid or it is not paid.”
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Through methods like search engine optimization and other nifty page-ranking subterfuge, this nonverified content climbs to the top of search results and people’s consciousness.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
And Tehran now sees the Witkoff track as subterfuge.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
As the blunt but sweet small-town police chief, Marge Gunderson, McDormand shows up only when the audience is up to their eyeballs in snowy subterfuge.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
Perhaps this was the son of one of their friends—but this kind of subterfuge was pretty obtuse, even for them.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing subterfuge
The Great Gatsby
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A Web of Lies
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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