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as in fake
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
for that price, you're only going to get furniture covered in bogus leather and not the real stuff
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as in counterfeit
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
the "designer" watches sold on the street are usually bogus
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as in false
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
there was often a lot of bogus conviviality at the company's parties
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Recent Examples of bogus
The attack is believed to have been perpetrated by a foreign country and involved flooding the website with bogus traffic in order to crash it.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
In recent weeks Trump has made bogus claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Ohio, and fueled misinformation about the federal government's storm relief efforts in the South.
—Sophia Cai, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
One bogus headline that appears to be from The Atlantic was viewed more than 3 million times on X, with no label identifying it as fabricated.
—Erielle Delzer, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
Bitcoin’s price rose by more than $1,000 after the bogus tweet.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
In recent weeks Trump has made bogus claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Ohio, and fueled misinformation about the federal government's storm relief efforts in the South.
—Sophia Cai, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
One bogus headline that appears to be from The Atlantic was viewed more than 3 million times on X, with no label identifying it as fabricated.
—Erielle Delzer, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
Bitcoin’s price rose by more than $1,000 after the bogus tweet.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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The show uses every trick in the book from fake snow (actually soap suds) raining down on the audience to towering puppets walking in, and acrobats swinging down with a huge arc of water spray fanning out from their feet behind them.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Striking a family pose, Cuoco wore a blue NFL jersey, fake beard and baseball cap, while Pelphrey sported a blonde wig, a pink Nike sweatshirt and white slides.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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This tracer can only be identified by Birla’s advanced laboratories in India and China, effectively eliminating the possibility of counterfeit certifications.SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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That follows the international gang-bust in France and Italy last month over counterfeit French wine being sold for $16,000 per bottle.Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Bear in mind that his campaign was replete with false claims — about immigration, jobs, inflation, crime and more.Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Oz is the Penguin now — like everyone in Batman’s Rogues Gallery, a caricature of his own trauma, drawn to criminal means of false liberation.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Brands from Old Navy to Gucci have introduced burgundy into their fall collections, showing faux suede outerwear, lush sweaters and trendy footwear.Jane Hanson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Add a faux fur skirt or garland around the tree for an elevated approach to the decade.Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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With Russian visas now harder to obtain, many are now seeking legal work visas from Hungary (sometimes using forged documents), which are then used to travel through Europe to the French coast.Richard Windsor, theweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Chen and Yu are each charged with one count of engaging in organized crime, one count of second-degree fleeing or evading police and one count of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2024
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Wear rubber gloves and clip a mangled licking branch (which holds the forehead and saliva scent of several bucks and does) from atop an active scrape and wire it over a mock scrape near your stand.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Miller recently pitched a mock trade that would send Crochet to Philadelphia.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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While oxycodone and other addictive prescription painkillers kicked off the opioid epidemic in the U.S, synthetic drugs such as fentanyl have become the drug responsible for the most overdose deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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So the value of synthetic data, in a lot of these use cases, may be limited.John Werner, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Now Morisseau, who is half Haitian and half Black American, is exploring a new setting, that of urbane Port-au-Prince, some years after the 2010 earthquake, a natural disaster that brought to the fore, with devastating clarity, the unnatural cycles of exploitation that threaten to define Haiti.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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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.Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Bogus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogus. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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