fallacy

Example Sentences

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“This crisis is not a fallacy nor a thinly veiled threat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The sunk-cost fallacy tempts people to pay escalating premiums because they’ve paid for so long.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

And as long as we believe in this fallacy of separation, that’s going to continue.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

It was a "fallacy" and "misunderstanding of the world" if people did not "believe that the online space is as dangerous for people as the streets," he added.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

And contrary to countless barroom conversations, the law of large numbers doesn’t imply the gambler’s fallacy: that a head is more likely after a string of tails.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos