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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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Some of these practices offer unproven alternatives to vaccination with little or no evidence to back them up.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The majority of the unit returns unproven talent, most of whom were true freshmen and redshirted last season.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ask if there was any suspicious account activity, such as a login from a new device, before the fraudulent charges occurred.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Barker and the business owner — who pleaded guilty in February on charges in a separate indictment — agreed to deduct the true cost of the supplies from the fraudulent invoices and split the rest between them, according to the indictment.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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American agricultural products once made-up 40 percent of China's market; that amount has fallen below 20 percent.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Canons are as made-up as the stories that are part of them, so Dark Forces still has value as part of an old continuity that remains fun and quite wacky at times.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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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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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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
Adjective
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Multiple unconfirmed tornadoes were also reported across Indiana overnight, and the NWS is evaluating tornado damage in Vigo County, Brownsburg, Carmel and northeast of Bedford, according to reporting from the Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY network.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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The unconfirmed encounter between the U.S. and Russian militaries comes after the Carl Vinson was redeployed by the Pentagon last week to begin transiting to the Middle East from the Western Pacific Ocean amid escalating strikes on the Houthi rebels in Yemen.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trump appears to hold a maximalist view of his powers even if they are disputed or untested.—
Michael S. Schmidt,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Obviously, the first two players are entrenched MLB stars, the third is an untested rookie thrust into action by the injury to Murphy.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Trumped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trumped-up. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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