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as in to misrepresent
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
students who cheat on tests end up never knowing anything
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2
as in to lie
to be sexually unfaithful
he suspects that his girlfriend is cheating on him
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3
as in to disappoint
to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of
the daredevil survived his plunge over the falls with barely a scratch, having cheated death once again
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as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
a despicable confidence man who heartlessly cheated elderly people out of their savings
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as in dodger
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
a cheat at cards
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Recent Examples of cheat
Erica Frantz, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Because of how long he’s cheated, the chances of him suddenly stopping are extremely minimal.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 16 May 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
There’s simply no alternative outcome that works, that doesn’t feel like a cheat.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 May 2025
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Verb
As research on authoritarian regimes shows, the goal of attacking independent institutions this way is to sap their capacity to resist the incumbent government’s attempts to cheat in future elections.
—Erica Frantz, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Because of how long he’s cheated, the chances of him suddenly stopping are extremely minimal.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 16 May 2025
Noun
Everything else, whether AI or organizers or schedulers, is really just a cheat code—nice to have but dispensable.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
There’s simply no alternative outcome that works, that doesn’t feel like a cheat.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheat
Verb
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Despite following legal guidelines, the video was accused of misrepresenting events and using replicas instead of authentic artifacts.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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The news dropped just as The New York Times reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating whether Coinbase had misrepresented its user numbers in past filings.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Read Next: The Best Bass Flies As the bug lay silent on the water, a sullen chug echoed out of the darkness and Larry’s rod, silhouetted against the night sky, sprang into a dancing arc.—
Ted Janes,
Outdoor Life,
29 May 2025
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Ice and rock several dozens of yards thick and about a mile long now lie in the valley.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
29 May 2025
Verb
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This is a great Eastern Conference Finals matchup that will not disappoint; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
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Timeout, Tom Thibodeau, frustrated and disappointed by his team’s defensive miscues.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Martinez’s son squeezed the trigger five times, shooting Rivera to death and wounding two others, the detective wrote in the affidavit.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Umberto Rispoli squeezed between horses around the top of the stretch and then rode Journalism to a tremendous rally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The former prisoners who have continued to evade police for nearly a week include Leo Tate, Jermaine Donald, Derrick Groves, Lenton Vanburen and Antoine Massey, according to USA Today, while Corey Boyd, Gary Price, Kendell Myles, Robert Moody, and Dkenan Dennis have been re-arrested.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Penguin Press, June 17 Image El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott After skipping town to evade a nagging creditor in 2008, Harper returns to her Detroit suburb months later to find her two older sisters, once in the throes of debt, sporting fresh highlights and driving a Lexus.—
Laura Thompson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Verb
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The child was sleeping between her 27-year-old mother and stepfather when the dog attacked her.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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June finally makes her way to Luke (O-T Fagbenle), who apparently hasn't slept since rescuing the handmaids at the gallows.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.—
Tammy Murga,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Neal Moritz was hustling the heck out of this from the jump.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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“Cheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheat. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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