deceptive
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She wrote that Hsiao’s assertions to the court were “at best, deceptive, if not intentionally and knowingly false.”
From Slate • May 18, 2026
But as the poll notes, the latter number is deceptive.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
“While JetBlue is now claiming the post was an ‘error,’ their only mistake was pulling back the curtain on their own deceptive pricing practices.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
The lawsuit describes deceptive financial dealings by Dan and Lisa Bohm that began shortly after the Phillies paid Bohm a $5.85 million signing bonus in 2018 and continued for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
But after that day the weather, and the way people remembered it, became something more; something potentially more deceptive, and yet something much more meaningful, more fragile and rare, and even more beautiful.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Vocabulary lists containing deceptive
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