pretense
Example Sentences
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The question then becomes: Will fans still tune into college games when there’s no pretense the players are students?
The Justice Department has also accused of Michel of opening bank accounts under false pretenses while cooperating with Low.
From Los Angeles Times
Rusesabagina was lured back to Rwanda under false pretenses and jailed on terrorism charges before his release last week.
From Seattle Times
But you see my point — the pretense that we can make sure how democratic a country is by purely observable facts, I think it's misleading and false.
From Salon
One question has drawn particular scrutiny: Did the administration sincerely believe its rationale for war, or engineer it as a pretense?
From New York Times
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