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Recent Examples of quackery
Health The science of placebos is fueling quackery The placebo effect is real.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Part of it is that the history of this field, both scientifically and technologically, has really been plagued by the shadow of quackery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
Around 1910, the American Medical Association cracked down on quackery, and inventions like the Heidelberg Electric Belt, which sometimes caused sores, faded from the pages of the Sears Big Book.
—Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
And, according to modern scholars, L’Orvietan’s curative claims probably weren’t just pre-Enlightenment quackery.
—Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
See all Example Sentences for quackery 
Big Think, 24 June 2024
Part of it is that the history of this field, both scientifically and technologically, has really been plagued by the shadow of quackery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
Around 1910, the American Medical Association cracked down on quackery, and inventions like the Heidelberg Electric Belt, which sometimes caused sores, faded from the pages of the Sears Big Book.
—Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
And, according to modern scholars, L’Orvietan’s curative claims probably weren’t just pre-Enlightenment quackery.
—Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
See all Example Sentences for quackery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quackery
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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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Cynicism and hypocrisy During the Assad dynasty’s 53 years in power, Damascus played an incredibly cynical game of regional politics.Ivan Watson, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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By not treating Aliyev as a war criminal, the ICC further perpetuates a sense of hypocrisy in the enforcement of the law and gives critics an opportunity to question its authenticity.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The widened circle of winking insiders was no longer so exotic and alluring, the imposture of Bourbaki’s mathematics no longer so exciting.Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021
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Body Double Long before the imposture of Anna Delvey, the Tichborne Claimaint swept a nation’s imagination.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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The University of Arkansas has suspended the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity for at least three years after an investigation found violations including hazing, providing alcohol to underage people and dishonesty.Alex Golden, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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The president has a long record of dishonesty, about his own biography (which blew up his first presidential campaign in 1988) and especially about the family influence-peddling business that was at the root of Hunter’s tax ...Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 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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Newly aware of his subordinate’s duplicity, Masa charges at Yuki from his seat among his look-alikes in the audience.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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The right-wing press, though, which had sung the praises of Reuss’ performance a few days earlier, now saw confirmation of characteristic Jewish duplicity and demanded that the government charge Reuss with fraud.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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