prevarication

Example Sentences

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The source who alerted The Times to VOA’s decision feared it suggested prevarication by the administration.

From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2023

A devotee of prevarication and double-dealing, Molière would have made the most, in three acts, of stories like these.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

Six years later, Disney+'s "Andor," the backstory of Diego Luna's rebel spy, requires no such prevarication.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2022

Ribeiro is accused of influence peddling, corruption, prevarication, and administrative advocacy – meaning under Brazilian law he could have used his ministerial job to promote private interests.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2022

The ad is for “customer service” work, a type of job I tend to avoid because it normally involves a resume, which in turn would involve levels of prevarication I am not prepared to attempt.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich