decoy
Example Sentences
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But there is no evidence that AI can help solve the problem of blocking hundreds of fast-flying warheads embedded in a cloud of decoys.
From Salon
There it sat for a day, on a “decoy port visit,” as Watts put it.
From Washington Post
Whether the Andromeda was a decoy or part of a broader mission, he said, remained unanswerable.
From New York Times
The crew had to smuggle its footage out of Romania, using blank reels of film as a decoy for officials to confiscate.
From New York Times
Using genetic engineering, the authors report, it may be possible to test the theory how these genes allow G. diffusa to build its own decoys.
From Salon
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