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spurious

[spyoor-ee-uhs] / ˈspyʊər i əs /


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Wasserman characterized the Daily Mail report as spurious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

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

In 2019, Alaa Abdel Fattah was arrested on suspicion of spreading false news - a charge human rights groups have called spurious.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

Yet when language scholars try to debunk the spurious rules, the dichotomizing mindset imagines that they are trying to abolish all standards of good writing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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