deceptively
Example Sentences
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It centered on a deceptively simple question: Why do estate plans fail?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Spreadsheets helped Vera Vlasova eliminate a deceptively promising match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It said the ads had "deceptively" presented that Eli Lilly's products were superior, but buried or omitted "critical clinical context".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Of all the conditions that make childbearing seem possible, one is the most deceptively simple: increasing the number of men who would make good fathers.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
But Francie, head bent deceptively over her book, was listening to Mr. McGarrity.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
