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spurious

[spyoor-ee-uhs] / ˈspjʊər i əs /


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That timing control helps researchers focus on periods when genuine scintillation light is most likely to be present while filtering out random background signals and other spurious counts.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

But the judge rejected that, finding the union's culpability was high and that it had "persuaded themselves of their own spurious argument".

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

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

Many politicians and government employees learned from The Times that they had been targeted with spurious filings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

Enormous folio volumes of spurious translations were published.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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