fallacy
Example Sentences
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“A major fallacy is assuming that policies that work in one country will automatically work in another,” Josh Michaud, the associate director of global health and public health policy at KFF, told Salon.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
The sunk-cost fallacy tempts people to pay escalating premiums because they’ve paid for so long.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
That would be a fallacy, but Mr. Bottum didn’t commit it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
And as long as we believe in this fallacy of separation, that’s going to continue.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
Fossils, for example, and whether their existence disproved the Book of Genesis; Brother Mendel’s experiments on the sexual reproduction of the sweet pea; the fallacy of laudable pus.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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