How to Use deception in a Sentence
deception
noun
- His many deceptions did not become known until years after he died.
- She accuses the company of willful deception in its advertising.
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Just goes to show there's no end to the deception that goes on in the BB house!
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
1 July 2022
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And this was a season in need of that kind of self-deception.
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New York Times,
21 June 2019
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That all comes from a funky arm slot that adds to his deception. ...
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Pete Grathoff,
kansascity,
5 June 2018
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Can this be anything but the tip of the deception iceberg?
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Kris Frieswick,
WSJ,
13 May 2022
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The key to the story is, in fact, the theft and deception of art, of the making of culture itself.
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Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
24 July 2023
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He was hurt by the feeling of deception, a close friend of his told the Statesman.
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Brian Davis,
USA TODAY,
21 Oct. 2021
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More deception and movement makes the pitch tougher to hit.
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Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
10 June 2021
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Skilled players who are well coached with a hint of deception in the play calls will win a lot of games.
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John Maffei,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
6 Oct. 2017
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For Sheehan, though, the farce is the deception itself.
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Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2023
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The darkness and light were all there, the veil of illusion and deception ripped aside.
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Sarah Rense,
Esquire,
14 Oct. 2016
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Tsai wowed the judges with his crazy magic and hand deception skills.
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Sabrina Finkelstein,
Billboard,
12 July 2017
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Here, the deception hinges on a corpse, with thousands of lives hanging in the balance.
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Brian Lowry,
CNN,
11 May 2022
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Wood, a lefty, is all about deception with his mix of sinkers, curves and changeups.
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John Shea,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Feb. 2021
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The Eagles rely on deception to move the ball, but there is speed on this team, too.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Aug. 2021
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Harmony will not be easy to come by when deception is in the air.
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BostonGlobe.com,
26 June 2020
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In a world full of deception, The Fraud shows how complicated the truth can be.
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Shannon Carlin,
Time,
23 Aug. 2023
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But there’s a deeper deception here, one that goes back to the whole story Trump tells.
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Greg Sargent,
The Denver Post,
21 June 2019
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Very much present amid the dalliances and deceptions is the richness of Coward’s script.
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David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2023
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There are better ways of beating back the tide of deception.
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Zeynep Tufekci,
WIRED,
24 June 2019
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Veasey said he was tipped off to the deception even before his visit.
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Brian Chasnoff,
ExpressNews.com,
2 Oct. 2020
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When Ataide was 17, his parents found out about his deception and forced him to quit.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Dec. 2020
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Our self-deceptions have been shown to be quite changeable.
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Steve Ayan,
Scientific American,
15 May 2018
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On its own, the agent learned to balance deception and honesty.
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Bymatthew Hutson,
science.org,
22 Nov. 2022
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Knowles’ scheme thrives on multiple fronts and deception in the back end.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2022
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Three counts of theft by deception, fourth- and fifth-degree felonies.
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Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
17 May 2024
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Hickey wants to know what life would be like if stripped of male bravado and self-deception.
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Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2018
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The history of snake oil as a symbol of fraud and deception dates to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Jordan Friedman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Oct. 2024
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Players Charley and Amarjit are collaborators in life but adversaries in this game of corporate deception, designed to lead the farmer to dispossession.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2024
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