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Noun
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But the Lions’ rash of injuries this year could show the ultimate fallacy of that argument.—
Josh Kendall,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025 -
The Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker has had much to say about Whorfian fallacies.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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Watch on Deadline In the wake of his father’s disappearance at sea, Kojo, a young Ghanaian is drawn into a world of street gang and deception.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2025
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Directed by Su Biao, the comedy about a woman entangled in financial deception has remained a steady performer since its release on Dec. 31.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
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Aside from the urgent response, the disaster has also attracted damaging misinformation and falsehoods.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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This means all the hullabaloo that the skinny jean will be making a comeback is a falsehood.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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In a moment of delusion, Simon cooks up a scheme to get Wei-Tung married and secure their friend Wei-Wei a green card.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Speciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speciousness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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