spurious
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As a 25-year high-school math teacher in Alameda, Calif., I’ve listened to all the specious, spurious, self-serving excuses for denying students and families educational choice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Brown considered the allegation spurious, and said it had no foundation in reality.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025
The reports proved spurious, but Gordon still saw an emotional truth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
It’s not a spurious conclusion: Census data shows that the percentage of women aged 30–44 with no children is higher than it’s been since 1960.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025
Once more he was that self he had long since taught himself to wear in the world’s eye, pompous, spurious, not quite gross.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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