half-truth
Example Sentences
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“Before he took the time to gather the facts, he painted a negative half-truth about our son and the unfolding case,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023
Just a day after the intelligence officer’s report, the Army offered a clarifying half-truth: It identified the object as a crashed weather balloon.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2021
Not for him the mealy-mouthed half-truth, the small evasion.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2020
If a song can make you love a lie, or at least a complicated half-truth, this one does it.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019
This didn’t, however, stop him from telling my mother a preliminary half-truth, letting her know about the girl but saying they were going to meet in the public park.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
