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Recent Examples of disingenuous
Your disingenuous talking points worked, supported by tens of millions of dollars of super PAC money that flooded in from outside the state.
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John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
Starbucks United contests those figures as a disingenuous characterization of its proposal, the union told ABC News.
MORE: Is the Teamsters protest at Amazon disrupting holiday deliveries?
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
On the contrary, many disingenuous media overwhelmed the favorable outlook with misinformation that continues unabated from domestic and foreign perpetrators.
—Matthew A. Winkler Bloomberg Opinion (tns), arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Skeptics argue that such a distinction is disingenuous given the scarcity issues around major live events.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
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John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
Starbucks United contests those figures as a disingenuous characterization of its proposal, the union told ABC News.
MORE: Is the Teamsters protest at Amazon disrupting holiday deliveries?
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
On the contrary, many disingenuous media overwhelmed the favorable outlook with misinformation that continues unabated from domestic and foreign perpetrators.
—Matthew A. Winkler Bloomberg Opinion (tns), arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Skeptics argue that such a distinction is disingenuous given the scarcity issues around major live events.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
Adjective
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But for Williams, there was nothing dishonest about celebrating a dunk.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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And Kelly claimed that in his responses, Hegseth has been dishonest with the American people.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The governor needs to stop being deceitful with the people’s money and prioritize services that impact everyday Californians’ lives.—
Alexandra Macedo,
Orange County Register,
16 Jan. 2025
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The film followed the release of the 2012 book about a deceitful disappearance by Gillian Flynn.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What is more untruthful: A thing written down, or a sustained deception of the heart?—
Nicolette Polek,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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On Wednesday, the defense attacked Marquez’s credibility, questioning his motives for cooperating with the FBI and grilling him over episodes in his background that might paint him as untruthful.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The past two seasons have given us Michigan vs. Everybody and Ohio Against the World, both of which felt a bit contrived.—
Austin Meek,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Davis Gates is the lead puppeteer for the union and the mayor and chief antagonist to Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, and her mean-spirited grandstanding is little more than a series of contrived media stunts.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Jamie Bernstein considers the attitude hypocritical.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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There are several moments in which Stewart comes off as hypocritical and lacking self-awareness.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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And a sandbar that had severed Topanga Lagoon from the Pacific Ocean had been swept away by high tides and an influx of water used for firefighting — an unnatural breach that could flush them into the surf.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Their conversation is interspersed with other footage from the series, including the trademark brutal fight scenes—complete with bones breaking in various unnatural ways.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Texans just caught the Chargers with a devious call there (and about 10 other times Saturday).—
Derrik Klassen,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Repeatedly rising to the challenge of maneuvering through the film’s myriad plot twists and tonal shifts, McKellen is by turns imperiously hilarious, archly devious, forlornly melancholy and pathetically desperate.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Facebook page host did not think anything of the photos Walters had sent him and posted the assumed accomplishment on his major page.—
Sydney Borchers,
Fox News,
29 Aug. 2024
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The real Qiao Yan lives on the fringes of poverty in Myanmar and the assumed Qiao Yan becomes a famed actress in China.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Nov. 2024
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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