sophistry

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Roberts uses sophistry to avoid answering those bigger questions.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025

"Legal sophistry" will not compel India to participate in the proceedings of the PCA, Bagchi said.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

This kind of sophistry is exactly what led to the inexorable collapse of the NCAA’s authority.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

But for a majority of the country, that will sound like so much sophistry.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021

It sounded to her like sophistry, or an explanation for its own sake.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan