pretext
Example Sentences
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"To sentence my 69-year-old father under the pretext that his actions lowered the 'likelihood' of my return to stand trial is not justice; it is a judicial farce," she said.
From Barron's
China has said the allegations were "outright lies" and a pretext for the United States to resume nuclear testing.
From Barron's
Powell called the DOJ’s reasoning a mere “pretext” in a statement released Jan. 11.
From Barron's
“It’s all pretext and obfuscation when the real agenda is rejecting conventional science and serving a predetermined anti-vaccine agenda,” Richard Hughes IV, a law professor at George Washington University, told The Guardian.
From Salon
For as long as index funds have existed, they’ve been under attack from competitors flinging one flimsy pretext after another.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
