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or casuistical
as in sophistical
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Adjective
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But Kirkwood and director Sarah Benson leave no room for such a specious critique.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
12 June 2024 -
These days, those sorts of proclamations tend to feel more specious than ever.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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But hard evidence in both our nation’s history and our present shows that this reasoning is fallacious.—
Ana Raquel Minian,
TIME,
30 May 2024
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Honolulu’s case is illogical on its face given that its allegations of damages stem from interstate greenhouse gas emissions.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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What’s hard about this, of course, is that fear is often illogical, and our wants can be, too.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Mercury News,
28 Dec. 2024
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Now comes a cataclysm in the country’s foremost blue state that is traceable, in part, to irrational progressive priorities and may prove a millstone around the neck of one of the foremost talents on the Democratic bench, California governor Gavin Newsom.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2025
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After a turbulent period of irrational exuberance followed by skepticism, the creator economy appears poised for its second major growth cycle, with M&A activity forecast to accelerate significantly in 2025.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is not to say that his approach to populists and populism was incoherent or inconsistent.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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Information Overload On the flip side, overwhelming AI models with excessive information can lead to confusion and incoherent responses.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2024
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