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cheating

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adjective

cheating

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verb

present participle of cheat
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as in disappointing
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of the daredevil survived his plunge over the falls with barely a scratch, having cheated death once again

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Recent Examples of cheating
Verb
And no, this isn’t some cheating scandal or love triangle. Chris Branch, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024 Niemann, who had previously admitted to cheating in online games, denied Carlsen's allegations. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2024 It could be deemed as cheating or it could be deemed as being just a downright dirty ass player. EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024 This comes months after Remy was accused of cheating with a battle rapper. Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024 The beef led to Remy Ma and Papoose exchanging cheating accusations and Shields posting her own takes on the drama. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024 The always hilarious Luke Wilson portrays down-and-out soap opera actor JD Campbell, whose money-hungry, cheating wife Margo Starling, played by Linda Cardellini, is burning through his money. Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Revenge is sweet, but Lee Yi-kyung steals the show as her comically awful cheating husband. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Or, if not cheating, exploiting loopholes in major league baseball’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Dan Freedman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheating
Noun
  • This capability to detect deception should be a warning to everyone who relies on AI for critical thinking tasks.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Not only do language barriers complicate your talking with her parents, but the deception has already begun — this girl has been regularly visiting your home under false pretenses.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But Barbara was never cut out to be a housewife and Nick’s adultery was a devastating blow.
    Patti Callahan Henry, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Texas law doesn't consider adultery to be a felony or misdemeanor.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • All Republicans in the General Assembly are lame ducks and Shoemaker is being dishonest in his criticism of me for not towing the party’s strategy of failure.
    Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Their termination e-mails were short, impersonal, and, in many cases, dishonest.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Pino’s camera records Richard lying facedown, handcuffed, while Blum steps over his legs.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Upon entry to the hotel room, police found a 24-year-old woman lying dead with evidence of recent injuries.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This is indeed a car that will reward you for hustling it down a twisty road should the desire arise.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
  • And for Lil Baby, one of the hottest artists out at the moment, the transition from hustling in the streets of Atlanta to earning over $100 million in record deals and endorsements came with a harsh financial wake-up call.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud after lying to Theranos investors about her blood testing technology's reliability and was later sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2022.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • But this would come as the result of a cutback in government spending that is currently categorized by Trump Administration officials as either waste, fraud, or non-essential in nature.
    Sal Gilbertie, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Wynn has consistently denied any allegations of misconduct.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Scientists must do their part to preserve and defend the scientific enterprise by doing better science, fixing the perverse incentives that encourage misconduct and making greater efforts to educate the public about how science works.
    Ferric C. Fang, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • McConnell took this bargain to a duplicitous extreme.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Take Stallone’s troubled Vietnam vet, Rambo, who hates prejudiced cops, duplicitous CIA agents and sadistic Soviet lieutenant colonels (not in that order).
    John DeVore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Cheating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheating. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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