prevarication

noun

Definition of prevaricationnext
as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive she knew that his account was a pure prevarication

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  1. lie
  2. tale
  3. story
Noun
  • And while their relationship is a little cozier these days, the former president had threatened to throw Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg in jail as part of Trump’s lies about election fraud.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Michael Keaton won an Emmy for his portrayal of a widowed doctor in Appalachia who buys into the lies, and eventually becomes a victim of them.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of lie
Noun
  • Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • What election narratives are foreign actors pushing? Expect false tales of voters tampering with mail-in ballots, non-citizens casting ballots and hacks of election infrastructure in social media posts.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of tale
Noun
  • This story originally published on businessden.com.
    Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
    April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of story
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