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

When he was asked at a news conference whether he’d received the Covid-19 vaccine, prevarication followed.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

"The signatories to this letter demand that Church authorities act immediately and without prevarication in order to repair the damage to the reputation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

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

From Salon • Sep. 23, 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