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- noun Plural form of
prevarication .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Canadian Cynic has a good account of OC Transpo official John Donaldson's prevarications.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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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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