bogus
Example Sentences
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He later clarified he was referring to people with "fake and bogus degrees", not India's youth more broadly.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
That juror, Myra Crosby, has said Hill pressed her about her doubts about the prosecution’s case, then used bogus social-media posts as a pretext for engineering her ouster.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The charge was bogus, according to longtime Seymour campaign advisor Eileen Padberg.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
The bogus connection to the Middle East did.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
We were thirteen when we made the list, and we were pretty positive the retreating glacier rhetoric was bogus.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Vocabulary lists containing bogus
Fake It 'Til You Make It: Synonyms for "False"
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Lingo of Illusion and Deception
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "B"
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