spurious
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Its title suggests the regime is moving toward national reconciliation by extinguishing the spurious records it created of crimes it claims its opponents committed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Many politicians and government employees learned from The Times that they had been targeted with spurious filings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
The Home Office said it was "reviewing the law to end spurious legal challenges which delay deportations".
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
It’s not a spurious conclusion: Census data shows that the percentage of women aged 30–44 with no children is higher than it’s been since 1960.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025
Milo nodded with spurious vim to indicate he still understood and then sat silent, ruminating gravely with troubled misgiving.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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