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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceivable
Adjective
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Pros: Flower buds are not susceptible to winter damage.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025 -
Stock prices are susceptible to factors outside of the price of gold, like management decisions and broad market trends.—
Nathan Mahr,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Until, of course, someone convinces a gullible public—or a U.S. senator—that all research currency, new and old, is created equal.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Today’s political speeches and television dramas don’t denigrate Ottoman leaders as unsophisticated conquerors but adulate them as pioneers of a new civilizational order—fair in governance and more compassionate toward their subjects than their Western contemporaries.—
Asli Aydintasbas,
Foreign Affairs,
19 May 2021
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Commutations for unsophisticated folk who had been over-sentenced would have been defensible, but impunity for practitioners of political violence is what doomed the Weimar Republic.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is easy to achieve with smart lighting, smart bulbs, and even some smart alarm clocks—such as the Hatch Restore 3 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), which is a sound machine and a sunrise alarm all rolled into one.—
Louryn Strampe,
WIRED,
9 Mar. 2025
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That transition isn’t easy, and Lee understands there are notable differences in play at this level, particularly the speed of the game.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Neither was it based on wishful thinking or naive optimism.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is, at best, naive, but probably very dangerous.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Mickey 17 is as guileless as Candide, while his successor is more aggressive and shifty-eyed.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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The older-younger generational divide emerges in an entirely different way in the latter episodes, with a growing riff between pragmatic (some would say selfish) Gen Xers and more idealistic and collectivist (some would say guileless) younger millennial and Gen Zers.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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All that’s there is an artless effort to provoke outrage — Tony Hinchcliffe with the world’s strongest Boston accent.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
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The untenable toxicity of this artless warfare has led some researchers to rethink the ancient script—and flip it: know yourself, know your enemy.—
Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
15 July 2024
Adjective
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That’s because the agency’s duty is to stand in the way of businesses desiring to push unsafe and ineffective nostrums at unwary consumers, and also in the way of a perverse idea that personal freedom includes the freedom to be gulled by charlatans.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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What results from this corporate retrenchment is unknown, but the trends are clear, and the paths forward are strewn with mind fields for the unwary or unprepared business leader. Follow me on LinkedIn.—
Timothy J. McClimon,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Deceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceivable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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