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Recent Examples of quackery
Health The science of placebos is fueling quackery The placebo effect is real.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Part of it is that the history of this field, both scientifically and technologically, has really been plagued by the shadow of quackery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
Around 1910, the American Medical Association cracked down on quackery, and inventions like the Heidelberg Electric Belt, which sometimes caused sores, faded from the pages of the Sears Big Book.
—Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
And, according to modern scholars, L’Orvietan’s curative claims probably weren’t just pre-Enlightenment quackery.
—Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
See all Example Sentences for quackery 
Big Think, 24 June 2024
Part of it is that the history of this field, both scientifically and technologically, has really been plagued by the shadow of quackery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
Around 1910, the American Medical Association cracked down on quackery, and inventions like the Heidelberg Electric Belt, which sometimes caused sores, faded from the pages of the Sears Big Book.
—Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
And, according to modern scholars, L’Orvietan’s curative claims probably weren’t just pre-Enlightenment quackery.
—Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
See all Example Sentences for quackery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quackery
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This democratization of deception tools means threats can come from anywhere—disgruntled employees, competitors or opportunistic individuals—not just sophisticated state actors or cybercrime rings.Joseph Ours, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Langenberg’s sharp slider and 92-94 mph fastball lead a five-pitch mix, and his low arm slot adds some deception.Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Some, their principles unbreakable, have to live their philosophy, not just to get to the core of it but to evade the accusation of hypocrisy.Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Jan. 2025
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The move led to criticism and accusations of hypocrisy by some viewers.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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The widened circle of winking insiders was no longer so exotic and alluring, the imposture of Bourbaki’s mathematics no longer so exciting.Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021
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Body Double Long before the imposture of Anna Delvey, the Tichborne Claimaint swept a nation’s imagination.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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Cheating and deliberate misrepresentation/dishonesty were the moral dilemmas rated most negatively in the dataset—even more so than intentional harm.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
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New Jersey Republican Assemblyman Erik Peterson went so far as to accuse federal officials of dishonesty.Steve Almasy, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Lies, deceit, infidelity, and the shape-shifting nature of truth, Wilder’s Witness for the Prosecution is infinitely rewatchable.Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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This trait is also moderately linked to lower risk of personality disorders due to its association with prosocial behaviors and a low tendency toward deceit or exploitation.Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Cold War nurtured a culture of secrets and lies that the population came to tolerate as a strategic necessity; at the turn of the millennium, the war on terror took that duplicity to new levels of sophistication.Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Cooper lives for this duplicity, and that smirk is his truest declaration.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Quackery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quackery. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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