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His cure was nothing but quackery.
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Yet, this theory has continued for years—centuries, in fact—to give rise to a wide range of colonic quackery.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
That is how CrossFit die-hards who dabble in Qanon quackery and blame wildfires on space lasers end up as the face of the House GOP.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
But the thought of a person who spreads the kind of dishonesty, quackery and junk science that Kennedy habitually does — especially about our precious kiddos — is nothing short of stomach churning.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
He was born rich, got richer, and then went bust, ending his business career in stock fraud and medical quackery.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
That is how CrossFit die-hards who dabble in Qanon quackery and blame wildfires on space lasers end up as the face of the House GOP.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
But the thought of a person who spreads the kind of dishonesty, quackery and junk science that Kennedy habitually does — especially about our precious kiddos — is nothing short of stomach churning.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
He was born rich, got richer, and then went bust, ending his business career in stock fraud and medical quackery.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Quackery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quackery. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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quackery
noun
quack·ery
ˈkwak-(ə-)rē 
: the practices or claims of a quack
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