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Recent Examples of disingenuous
Multiple White House officials have cited the lack of firings in the Biden administration over the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to argue demands for firings over the Signal controversy are disingenuous.
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
The explanation for the probe is disingenuous, said Jorge Reyes Salinas, director of communications at Equality California, a nonprofit LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy group.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Claims by leaders like Senate President Bill Ferguson that making changes to the Blueprint would not help this year’s deficit are also disingenuous.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
The explanation for the probe is disingenuous, said Jorge Reyes Salinas, director of communications at Equality California, a nonprofit LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy group.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Claims by leaders like Senate President Bill Ferguson that making changes to the Blueprint would not help this year’s deficit are also disingenuous.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
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Here are some of the most affordable autos A Chinese brain chip company could soon surpass Elon Musk's Neuralink The 10 most dishonest states in America — according to Las Vegas defense lawyers Costco's Kirkland brand became a massive financial success.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
31 Mar. 2025
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Attempting to separate Robinson’s baseball career from racial animus and conflict feels intellectually dishonest.—
Ken Makin,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, mailers sent out by the California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee and the Silicon Valley Biz PAC have called Chavez-Lopez deceitful and exploitative of the housing crisis.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Competition supersedes cooperation, doing so in rather deceitful ways.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on June 1 was terribly misguided, and his justification for doing so was misleading and untruthful.—
Robert N. Stavins,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2017
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What is more untruthful: A thing written down, or a sustained deception of the heart?—
Nicolette Polek,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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While such generalizations have historically been used to demonize enemies, there is still a contrived tendency to divide the world into land and sea powers.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Not his mother’s death but Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinians, the Arabs, the Muslims, the hypocritical leftists.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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That sounds a little hypocritical to me.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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While some can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and concerns, many are created with specific consumers and their needs in mind.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
5 Apr. 2025
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His wife has now been charged with first degree murder and felony concealing an unnatural death.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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In seven preceding episodes, Season 3 zoomed in on the insecurities, selfishness, and devious choices of a wide-ranging ensemble cast.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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Now trapped inside the car and communicating through the car's speaker system, Eddie has to reckon with the devious machinations of William and whatever chaos he's got planned.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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The assumed owner of the vehicle rushed over to the car and hopped inside as the repo man continued to do his job.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The production has shared that the house is actually two locations masquerading as one, a choice that tracks for a guy with an assumed identity.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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