How to Use prevaricate in a Sentence
prevaricate
verb- Government officials prevaricated about the real costs of the project.
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Chinese state media have prevaricated on the prospects of an oil ban.
—Jonathan Kaiman, latimes.com, 23 Sep. 2017
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An enemy would simply prevaricate and bide their time, knowing that the other side can pull back from the brink before it’s too late.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Aug. 2021
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When an administration prevaricates on climate change, the effects won’t be felt for years, and even then will be hard to parse.
—Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2020
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Anna hemmed and hawed and dissembled and prevaricated and, as the women got increasingly angry, allowed two fat tears to roll down her cheeks.
—Jessica Pressler, The Cut, 28 May 2018
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But this is the present Congress with the present Republican majorities running things, so Junior walked away to prevaricate another day.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 Dec. 2017
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Until the American public, whom doctors are well placed to inform, steps into this debate to demand action, Congress will continue to prevaricate.
—Annabelle Timsit, Quartz India, 19 Aug. 2019
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Yes, Trump can delay, prevaricate, obfuscate, annoy and even shut down federal science.
—Jeffrey Sachs, CNN, 31 May 2017
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Various underlings and bureaucrats would appear on television to prevaricate or lie about what was actually happening, only to get undercut (or fired) by the big boss in a late-night tweet.
—Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
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Meanwhile, Mohamed Nasheed, the former president whose conviction has now been quashed, prevaricated about returning from exile in Sri Lanka.
—The Economist, 2 Feb. 2018
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Every transfer situation is unique, and, on this particular occasion, why not just pay up instead of needlessly prevaricating?
—SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Until disclosures are made mandatory, companies are likely to prevaricate.
—The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
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