pretense
Example Sentences
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Shredded was the pretense that men’s Division I basketball and football players are amateurs—and the NCAA’s ability to regulate sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
For those of my generation who were fortunate enough to go to college, it did expose much of the pretense of higher education and made us admit as much.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
“It’s a terrible idea to move swiftly and not have the really complicated and challenging process that is required to actually work towards more than a superficial pretense of revisionist history,” Gudis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Yet he did not muster even the pretense of evidence that they pose an “imminent threat.”
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
Orr asked with a pretense of pensive curiosity.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
