half-truth
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“Before he took the time to gather the facts, he painted a negative half-truth about our son and the unfolding case,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
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
Toobin says that this half-truth and falsehood, respectively, were a rhetorical success because “simplicity rarely loses to complexity in battles in the public square.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
I need to give him something, so I tell him it’s my dad, which isn’t exactly a lie, more of a half-truth because it’s only one part of a much bigger picture.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
No one should be held hostage to other people’s decisions or half-truths.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
He said half-truths were also told, so people did not know about the risk of their treatment, the availability of alternatives, or even whether they were infected.
From BBC ● May 21, 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
Tom’s whole life was constructed on lies—falsehoods and half-truths told to make him look better, stronger, more interesting than he was.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
