dissemble

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Recent Examples of dissemble The defense of Putin’s regime has been offered by people operating as literary critics, ever disassembling and dissembling. Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 That same week, Altman made headlines at a Senate hearing by asking to be regulated — wowing senators who were more accustomed to tech CEOs dissembling or responding evasively to questions. Brian Fung, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024 That year, with 23,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam, the administration was still dissembling about the American role in the war. Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024 As are Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, always knowing the precise right play: who’s dissembling, where’s the weak spot. Laura Kipnis, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for dissemble
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Verb
  • Appearing in his second Saturday Night Live-adjacent film after Wayne's World, Lowe played the villainous Paul Barrish, Tommy's older stepbrother, who plots to take over his father's company with help from his secret lover, partner-in-crime, and pretend mother, Beverly (played by Bo Derek).
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • But one of the show’s most viral clips is much more representative: The veteran SNL writer Jim Downey pretends to have never heard about Jeffrey Epstein’s misdeeds, to O’Brien’s bleating objections.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Her dog, Willow Jane, assumes the position and places her head in her palm.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Don’t assume any contractor is going to always do what’s right.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Taiwan's largest annual war games, held to simulate responses to a possible Chinese invasion, will publicly assume a full-scale attack for the first time in 2027.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
  • From simulating the flow of people, goods, utilities and other life support systems to predicting emergency impacts, digital twins provide a vital, real-time lens into urban complexities.
    Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Dissemble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissemble. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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