deceptively
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Such is the beauty of Mungiu’s observational, deceptively nuanced writing.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The San Francisco-based AI lab also accused Chinese developers of deceptively using Claude to produce responses to user queries while simultaneously "distilling" that data to improve their own models.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
It was a deceptively idyllic setting for what authorities say is continued lawbreaking and peril, which authorities just can’t seem to quash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Last September, Amazon paid $2.5 billion to settle allegations that it deceptively tricked consumers into Amazon Prime subscriptions and made cancelling them excessively difficult.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Doc is rather small, deceptively small, for he is wiry and very strong and when passionate anger comes on him he can be very fierce.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
