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  • noun Plural form of fudge.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fudge.

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Examples

  • Any other designation fudges the evidence, which suggests that the military occupation of the West Bank will remain until the post-1948 colonial regime itself is either brought down or collapses under the weight of its own internal contradictions, to be replaced by a non-colonial political order and the re-establishment of political and economic equality between Arab and Jew.

    body on the line 2009

  • Various cosmologists and astronomers have invented a number of "fudges" to attempt to save the theory.

    Examiner National Edition Articles 2010

  • The result was that one in fourteen admitted to making some kind of error when initially completing forms blogged before on what can happen when one "fudges" an app, but Chris Brooks actually interviewed industry insiders, and shares some startling information with his readers.

    InsureBlog 2008

  • Gibney does talk to Spitzer, though the former governor (and current talk-show host) squirms and fudges about the hookers themselves and what hubris led to his fall.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Marshall Fine 2010

  • Gibney does talk to Spitzer, though the former governor (and current talk-show host) squirms and fudges about the hookers themselves and what hubris led to his fall.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Marshall Fine 2010

  • This is a very nice story, and even though the film fudges the facts—Edward VIII and his Nazi-loving wife get off pretty easily—it definitely achieves what it sets out to accomplish.

    Why 'King's Speech' Leaves Me Stuttering Joe Queenan 2011

  • Lynette tries to make Tom a tougher parent, and Renee fudges the truth to get Ben's interest.

    Desperate Housewives Episode Recap: "Making the Connection" 2011

  • Additionally, a handful of current and former Indec employees, as well as some Economy Ministry officials, have acknowledged in private that Indec fudges its data.

    Argentina Fines More Economists Over Inflation Estimates Taos Turner 2011

  • The names of the sweeties reel off my tongue, taking me back to summers spent in my mum's car, when I "helped" as she sold boilings, toffees, chocolates and fudges to the corner shops and cafés of the west of Scotland.

    Life is sweet 2011

  • Yet the SPLC fudges, and then itself says that “hate group activities” can also include “marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing.”

    Think Progress » New report finds that right-wing extremist groups have grown 244 percent in the past year. 2010

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