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  • noun Plural form of prevarication.

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Examples

  • Much the same can be said for the rest of the administration's Wall Street-friendly financial reforms, and its prevarications on almost everything else the Democratic base supports: from real environmental legislation, to pro-union reforms, to don't ask, don't tell.

    Andrew Levine: The Effectiveness Gap Andrew Levine 2010

  • Instead they had been sold off for a few pennies, bought by the pound, and slandered by my prevarications, but still anonymous.

    Pieces Michael Hartford 2011

  • Mr. Clinton may have tried to dance around on the head of a pin with his question as to the meaning of is, but his actions and prevarications only damaged his standing among some; they did not undermine decades of unassailable moral leadership on the international stage.

    Letters to the Editor 2009

  • Of course, if Mr Nkrumah prevails, it is the taxpayers of Portland who will be on the hook yet again for Mr Adams's prevarications and character assassinations -- as we continue to be burdened by the misrepresentations that have not stopped flowing from Mr Adams, Mr Miller, and Mr Nkrumah's $80K/annum successor.

    Pie Chart of the Week (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Mr. Clinton may have tried to dance around on the head of a pin with his question as to the meaning of is, but his actions and prevarications only damaged his standing among some; they did not undermine decades of unassailable moral leadership on the international stage.

    Letters to the Editor 2009

  • Your comments from the beginning have involved throwing up the same flak and prevarications, the same nonsense about "places where up-and-coming authors can learn their chops" etc.

    GUEST POST: Jennifer Brissett Weighs in on the Writer Pay Rate Flap 2009

  • No industry is better prepared for the prevarications of weather than skiing.

    Robert Weller: Late Snow Good News for Skiers or a Sign of Climate Change Robert Weller 2011

  • No industry is better prepared for the prevarications of weather than skiing.

    Robert Weller: Late Snow Good News for Skiers or a Sign of Climate Change Robert Weller 2011

  • Canadian Cynic has a good account of OC Transpo official John Donaldson's prevarications.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • The Arab League leaders underscored the realities their monitoring team found in Syria, described by League chairman Hamad al-Thani, the Qatari prime minister, as "the government's killing machine" operating behind its continued "stalling" and "prevarications."

    Jeffrey Laurenti: Navigating Arabs' Syria Roadmap Through the U.N. Jeffrey Laurenti 2012

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