as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
we were lucky not to be taken in by his duplicity
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Recent Examples of duplicity
Rather than examine Berg’s many duplicities, or the context for his behavior, Children of God gives his victims a platform to work through their trauma.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
Premiering in 2004, Project Runway was instrumental in ushering in a new style of reality competition based on skill rather than duplicity and cynicism.
—EW.com, 21 July 2024
The war has revealed the duplicity of the great powers in dealing with identical things in two different countries.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
The artistry, duplicity, and histrionics are comical, entertaining, and audacious.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
Premiering in 2004, Project Runway was instrumental in ushering in a new style of reality competition based on skill rather than duplicity and cynicism.
—EW.com, 21 July 2024
The war has revealed the duplicity of the great powers in dealing with identical things in two different countries.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
The artistry, duplicity, and histrionics are comical, entertaining, and audacious.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duplicity
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If the princess world is all sort of deception, this is no artifice at all.Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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So, in the spirit of humoring that little Gremlin, here’s a rundown of some of Pattinson’s most memorable deceptions and dubious claims.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Its story is already dark and moody with themes of death, grief, deceit, revenge and bug-eating.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
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The executive further lauded Rodrigo for fighting for the aforementioned rights, and acknowledging and showing empathy for issues — love, break-ups, learning how to drive, deceit — with which some young people struggle.Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Nov. 2024
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In a new interview with Axios at the Aspen Security Forum, Ramaswamy said while the new department would look for waste and fraud within Social Security and Medicare, large widespread cuts are unlikely to be enacted.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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But when the Threads post was shared, neither the Georgia Supreme Court nor any other judicial entity had tossed Willis' election fraud case against him and 14 co-defendants in Georgia.Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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David slayed the giant with a slingshot; Esther by her cunning saved her people.Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Over time, guile took on the connotation of deceitful cunning in English, emerging in Middle English around the 12th century.Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Duplicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duplicity. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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