half-truth
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Add to that social media and its capacity to spread innuendo, half-truth, fabrication and common ignorance.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Some of those are relatively harmless; using this half-truth to explain Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating habits primarily hurts DiCaprio, who hardly needs our sympathy.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2022
I think it’s worth exploring at what point a half-truth is more dangerous than a lie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Not for him the mealy-mouthed half-truth, the small evasion.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2020
“We’re too different,” she said finally, choosing a half-truth.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
No one should be held hostage to other people’s decisions or half-truths.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
What Ana didn’t know was that the inspirational story Torres told was based on half-truths and lies.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2024
Technically, I’m sure a product expert could say that some of the product did penetrate into the top layer of wood fibers, but I feel half-truths are whole lies.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
To reiterate — because there are many half-truths circulating — La Sombrita is not a bus shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
His story was full of lies and half-truths.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
