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Recent Examples of disingenuous
On the contrary, many disingenuous media overwhelmed the favorable outlook with misinformation that continues unabated from domestic and foreign perpetrators.
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Matthew A. Winkler Bloomberg Opinion (tns), arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Skeptics argue that such a distinction is disingenuous given the scarcity issues around major live events.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Other companies should consider this approach to build trust, long-term loyalty and impactful relationships that resonate beyond transactional and disingenuous interactions.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Pretending Schoen isn’t involved in every facet of the Giants’ current operation is disingenuous and dishonest.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Matthew A. Winkler Bloomberg Opinion (tns), arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Skeptics argue that such a distinction is disingenuous given the scarcity issues around major live events.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Other companies should consider this approach to build trust, long-term loyalty and impactful relationships that resonate beyond transactional and disingenuous interactions.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Pretending Schoen isn’t involved in every facet of the Giants’ current operation is disingenuous and dishonest.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
Adjective
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But for Williams, there was nothing dishonest about celebrating a dunk.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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And Kelly claimed that in his responses, Hegseth has been dishonest with the American people.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The film followed the release of the 2012 book about a deceitful disappearance by Gillian Flynn.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
31 Dec. 2024
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As a crucial point of clarification, such deceitful actions are not because AI is sentient.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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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On Wednesday, the defense attacked Marquez’s credibility, questioning his motives for cooperating with the FBI and grilling him over episodes in his background that might paint him as untruthful.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Nov. 2024
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Her role intends to put a human face on the awful burden fame imposes on those who are sidelined from the ones in the addictive spotlight, but it’s presented in a contrived manner, even though Fanning gives it her all.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2024
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That finding, the researchers said, came from a contrived scenario unlikely to occur in real life.—
Billy Perrigo,
TIME,
18 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Bernstein considers the attitude hypocritical.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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There are several moments in which Stewart comes off as hypocritical and lacking self-awareness.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Labeling something so personal feels almost unnatural.—
Ron Hart,
SPIN,
10 Jan. 2025
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Erin Parker,
Allure,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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These problem children of devious sellers are known as Frankenwatches, and that’s exactly what got Omega and Phillips into hot water.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
9 Jan. 2025
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That 2021 gloss on the queasy Death Wish power fantasy was brutish fun, thanks to Odenkirk’s devious performance and the full-contact action scenes.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Facebook page host did not think anything of the photos Walters had sent him and posted the assumed accomplishment on his major page.—
Sydney Borchers,
Fox News,
29 Aug. 2024
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The real Qiao Yan lives on the fringes of poverty in Myanmar and the assumed Qiao Yan becomes a famed actress in China.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Nov. 2024
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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