revisionist
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There was real appeal to the sort of revisionist, counterintuitive argument that the administration was making or specifically that Thomas was making.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
“To say that the decision was too fast is a bit of a revisionist history,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The exhibition also introduces some valuable scholarship, but its art seems to have been chosen to serve not Klee but its revisionist thesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“The untruths, mischaracterizations, and revisionist history in your email paint a completely misleading narrative,” Shotwell told the Journal in a statement in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
This was revisionist history, of course; the representations by the three scientists during their White House meeting the previous June were what had prompted Eisenhower to question publicly the wisdom of a test ban.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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