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to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
parents who were always trumping up little projects for their children to do around the house
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Recent Examples of trumped-up
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Nov. 2023
Erdogan’s government has thrown (or attempted to throw) a number of key political opponents into jail on what critics say are trumped-up, spurious charges.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
Adjective
The charge was clearly trumped-up, but Yundi was immediately taken off all Chinese stages and media and prevented from going abroad.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Nov. 2023
Erdogan’s government has thrown (or attempted to throw) a number of key political opponents into jail on what critics say are trumped-up, spurious charges.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trumped-up
Verb
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That should become a standard part of the chain-of-thoughts being devised by AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Similarly, Ping’s team devised a system that pauses the pH-modulating current just long enough for a graphene transistor to record accurate readings without interference.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Many desperate families come forward with unproven remedies, and we were grouped in with them—just another set of parents believing in a miracle cure.—
Chase Malackowski,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Stock plummeted ~50% after NVIDIA’s CEO stressed quantum’s 20-year horizon, illustrating risk in overpaying for unproven near-term earnings.—
GuruFocus,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Kenworthy said successful campaigns often attract significant scrutiny, especially as fraudulent fundraisers for a wide range of causes have become more common.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Officials said officers made contact with the female suspect, who was attempting to cash a fraudulent check and fled in a black Jeep Wrangler when approached.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To answer these questions, a group of 15 participants made-up of university students, recent graduates, and young adults, played the four online games mentioned—Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, Overwatch 2, and Fortnite.—
Mia Taylor,
Parents,
16 Jan. 2025
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Telling lies to appease a user even if a false or made-up answer is provided.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
16 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Lollapalooza was invented by a boomer.—
Jim Greer,
SPIN,
24 Dec. 2024
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Someone invented the elevator, and so skyscrapers happened, and cities changed forever.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Her unsettling command of the character — who was equal parts sweet, vulnerable, mendacious, and menacing — was one of the highlights of the series.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
24 Dec. 2024
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Two stand out: his profile and endorsement, in 2000, of Ralph Nader’s independent presidential campaign, and his early opposition to George W. Bush’s disastrous and mendacious invasion of Iraq.—
Yiyun Li,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Seemingly on the basis of little besides this unconfirmed assertion from an unnamed Floridian, Musk went a step further in his next X post.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2024
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It's currently unconfirmed who exactly this monster is.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Reality check: Where vaccine critics' arguments completely fall apart is in their assertions about safety issues, and the idea that any vaccines are untested, unmonitored drugs with overall negative health impacts.—
Caitlin Owens,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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But during the 1990s, cities slashed funding for collecting rape evidence, and literal mold grew on Goddard’s invention, with hundreds of thousands of untested kits piling up.—
Cindi Leive,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Trumped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trumped-up. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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