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Plural
prevarications
1
the act of deliberately avoiding the truth, often by lying or misleading
- His speech was full of prevarication to hide his true intentions.
- The witness's prevarication made the jury doubt his testimony.
- She was caught in prevarication when her story changed under questioning.
- Political prevarication delayed the passing of the bill.
- The CEO's prevarication angered shareholders demanding honest answers.
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