subterfuge
Example Sentences
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After a Persian subterfuge stripped the Greeks of their leadership, it seemed to many of the Ten Thousand that the situation was hopeless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
If the premise sounds familiar, it is because food television has long cherished the notion that the truth of a restaurant can only be accessed by subterfuge.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
“There can be no subterfuge about a cash dividend. It is either paid or it is not paid.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
Through methods like search engine optimization and other nifty page-ranking subterfuge, this nonverified content climbs to the top of search results and people’s consciousness.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
But the harassed and unfeeling teachers assured each other that this was just a subterfuge for a child to get out of the classroom for a little while.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Vocabulary lists containing subterfuge
The Great Gatsby
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A Web of Lies
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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