suppositious

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Adjective
  • They stiff-arm congressional subpoenas or demands for information with spurious claims of state secrets, executive privilege or unwritten tradition.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But other times, insurance companies deny claims after inadequate investigations or for spurious reasons.
    Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Spanx’s signature fabric smooths in all the right ways for an unreal workout experience.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s how unreal the DFLers’ world is from yours and mine.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This could certainly change if the Rockets land a certain French teenager in this year's draft lottery, but the first half of 2022-23 has assuaged some concerns about the long-term viability of a pseudo-twin-towers in the starting lineup with Jabari Smith flanked by Alperen Şengün.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 15 Jan. 2023
  • In a code division scheme, each call is encoded in a random or pseudo-random sequencing, and receivers at the other end are equipped to decode their own calls.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • Alas, the skit ends with another alert saying the call to evacuate was a false alarm — a callback to the bogus notice that went out last week to all of L.A. County and panicked residents who were nowhere near the fire.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Three people are accused of stealing $44 million from more than 800 aspiring authors by offering bogus book, television and movie deals, federal officials said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Suppositious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppositious. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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