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Recent Examples of falsely Jones has falsely claimed the 2012 elementary school shooting, in which 20 students and six adults were killed, was a hoax. —
Rob Wile, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026 Bank records obtained by CBS 12, through a subpoena, show that Kaiser was allegedly captured on surveillance footage at a JPMorgan Chase branch handing a check falsely attributed to the museum to a teller and then completing the transaction with her debit card. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 Brockmann said the ship was falsely flagged, but not carrying cargo. —Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Initially, in June 2024, Pacheco was charged with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud and related charges accusing her of falsely billing private insurers millions of dollars for medically unnecessary services at her addiction treatment center in Hialeah. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026 Dunlap also falsely claimed that the gold had been audited by an accounting firm, which certified its value. —Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 Josh goes to prison and serves an eight-year sentence after falsely confessing to Park's crimes. —Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 Staff allegedly were directed to falsely mark the lifts as received in the city’s financial management system in order to initiate the payment. —City News Service, Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026 Gregg’s lawsuit says the people in the trailer were family members of a former NBA player, and a male Adidas marketing manager falsely told the company’s head of security that Gregg had authorized that player’s use of the trailer. —Mike Wilson, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Rob Wile, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026 Bank records obtained by CBS 12, through a subpoena, show that Kaiser was allegedly captured on surveillance footage at a JPMorgan Chase branch handing a check falsely attributed to the museum to a teller and then completing the transaction with her debit card. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 Brockmann said the ship was falsely flagged, but not carrying cargo. —Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Initially, in June 2024, Pacheco was charged with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud and related charges accusing her of falsely billing private insurers millions of dollars for medically unnecessary services at her addiction treatment center in Hialeah. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026 Dunlap also falsely claimed that the gold had been audited by an accounting firm, which certified its value. —Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 Josh goes to prison and serves an eight-year sentence after falsely confessing to Park's crimes. —Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 Staff allegedly were directed to falsely mark the lifts as received in the city’s financial management system in order to initiate the payment. —City News Service, Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026 Gregg’s lawsuit says the people in the trailer were family members of a former NBA player, and a male Adidas marketing manager falsely told the company’s head of security that Gregg had authorized that player’s use of the trailer. —Mike Wilson, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsely
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Jacob goes to Isaac with this hairy disguise, deceitfully announces himself as Esau, and obtains his father’s blessing—much to the chagrin of his brother.— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
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To help fill their coffers even more, the lobbyists deceitfully expanded the definition of those notch years to include everyone born through 1926.— Tom Margenau, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
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Additional uses of geolocation data, the providers say, include proving a bettor is dishonestly disputing credit card charges, revealing sign-up bonus abuse or showing that someone is illegally making proxy wagers across state lines.— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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As naive as that may sound in a world where so many self-evident rights and wrongs are being routinely, dishonestly evaluated and reevaluated, the series elevates simple truths in ways that are downright inspirational.— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
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As a result, the plaintiffs alleged that Capital One deceptively marketed the 360 Savings account and concealed interest rate disparities.— Melina Khan, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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Orta also showed fabrics with an open construction that have a deceptively heavy look and sateen fabrics with a compact feel and brushed back for softness.— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Tradition and the present are artfully combined here.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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It had been artfully arranged, staged in a marble vase.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
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Raphael could certainly extract feeling from the architecture of a body and the distribution of its weight, but the majority of his faces, even the most artificially expressive ones, are unburdened by anything like a psychology.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The housing laws that the General Assembly passed over the last couple of years created pressure and artificially accelerated a process that takes time and public input, Bommer said.— John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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Sections of the granite supports of the Keck statue are cannily manipulated and embellished with stars and swirling vortex-forms in Lithichrome paint into works of art themselves.— Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
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So begins a cycle of financial pressure, entrepreneurial hurdles, and major crimes committed out of desperation that cannily blurs the line between legitimate business strategy and the art of the con.— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
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Trump hypocritically voted by mail himself in a recent Florida special election.— George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Falsely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/falsely. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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