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  • noun Plural form of untruth.

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Examples

  • Around the same time, Tata crossed swords with Rajeev Chandrasekhar, member of Parliament and the former CEO of BPL Mobile now Loop, refuting what he called untruths and distortion of facts.

    Tata's Hit-And-Miss Strategy T. Surendar 2011

  • Around the same time, Tata crossed swords with Rajeev Chandrasekhar, member of Parliament and the former CEO of BPL Mobile now Loop, refuting what he called untruths and distortion of facts.

    Tata's Hit-and-Miss Strategy T. Surendar 2011

  • Around the same time, Tata crossed swords with Rajeev Chandrasekhar, member of Parliament and the former CEO of BPL Mobile now Loop, refuting what he called untruths and distortion of facts.

    Forbes.com: News T. Surendar 2011

  • The closest we get are some "untruths" -- charges leveled by opponents of course.

    Eric Alterman: The L-word Taboo 2008

  • Disproved and disputed claims about his religion and citizenship, namely untruths that Obama is a Muslim and isn't U. S.-born, zip across chat rooms and dominate the blogosphere.

    We Shall Overcome? 2009

  • That these people have lied, egregiously and incessantly and traitorously, and that the lies have been proven to be what they are (i.e., untruths, which is to say, lies), is now indisputable, on-the-record, and in-the-bag.

    Ellis Weiner: A Public Presentation of My Thoughts About Lying 2008

  • A remembrance of the psychic effects of plastic surgery on a high school colleague's noseA return to sanity, and some discourse about Brown University and the origins of its nameAn unmasking and the telling of untruthsI meet the novelist Charles Murrin and we proceed to the MansionI'm shown my glorious roomsAn invitation to drinkI repeat certain untruths, but I'm used to it now, telling untruths, that is

    Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

  • Kirk - caught lying about his military record as well as his time teaching nursery school - didn't fare much better, calling his untruths

    Home/News 2010

  • Disproved and disputed claims about his religion and citizenship, namely untruths that Obama is a Muslim and isn't U. S.-born, zip across chat rooms and dominate the blogosphere.

    Canada Free Press 2009

  • But Giannoulias wouldn't use such blunt language in the interview Monday, preferring to accuse Kirk of "untruths" instead of calling his opponent a liar.

    Alexi Giannoulias Touts Independence, Says Obama's Heavy Healthcare Focus Was A Mistake AP 2010

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