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Recent Examples of guile 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 Runners who lack the speed of the fastest distance runners can compete, using grit and guile to keep up with their faster competitors. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024 But those dying or returning home as amputees are often from a younger generation who value dexterity and guile perhaps more than brute persistence. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024 Getting out doesn’t just require thumb-shredding dexterity, wit, and guile, but also — fittingly for its premise — patience. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for guile 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guile
Noun
  • Gilded by privilege and cunning, Glinda is a popular young woman who desires to wield magic.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
  • There’s an unapologetic cunning at the heart of this series, and a mercurial spirit that’s as slippery as blood on an Italian marble floor.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Since its launch, in 2011—a direct response to the 2008 financial crisis—the CFPB has focused on protecting Americans from various forms of financial fraud and deception.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The show, starring Kaitlyn Dever as Gibson, explores the dangers of misinformation in the wellness industry and the impact of Gibson's deception on those who followed her advice.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Yet the findings of science challenged this way of thinking, and Kingsley grew increasingly uneasy with the deceit and parasitism science uncovered in the natural world.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
  • These, puppet masters could win an Emmy Award through deceit and coercion to further their own goals at the expense of others.
    Jason Walker, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The memorandum also directs the DOJ to engage in prosecutions under laws meant to prevent fraud and criminal conspiracies against the U.S. government.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Trump and Vice President JD Vance have emphasized that cuts to Social Security and Medicare are largely off the table except for fraud and abuse.
    Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Guile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guile. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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