pretext

Example Sentences

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“They use it as a pretext, even in regions where there is no such danger.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

"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 • Feb. 26, 2026

“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 • Feb. 13, 2026

There is a growing trend of foreigners being lured to Ghana under the pretext of lucrative work.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

“I wish to have it accomplished under pretext that may deceive both them and the Public,” wrote the president.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis