as in questionable
giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged
something's fishy about the way he's acting
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Recent Examples of fishy
Something fishy in our past While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these joints is Bothriolepis canadensis, a fish that lived about 387 to 360 million years ago during the Middle to Late Devonian period.
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
Where the permit system may fail, Kaegi plans this year to hire an additional team to hunt down fishy transactions — like multimillion-dollar sales on properties the office has categorized as vacant — to identify and patch holes in the office’s databases.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Common varieties are often described as salty, umami (earthy), fishy, or briny.
—Adrienne Dellwo, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
But Bajaj saw something fishy in his final dataset.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
Where the permit system may fail, Kaegi plans this year to hire an additional team to hunt down fishy transactions — like multimillion-dollar sales on properties the office has categorized as vacant — to identify and patch holes in the office’s databases.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Common varieties are often described as salty, umami (earthy), fishy, or briny.
—Adrienne Dellwo, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
But Bajaj saw something fishy in his final dataset.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fishy
Adjective
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Wiggins was listed as questionable on the injury report before being upgraded to available.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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But one thing’s for sure: if trouble runs on espresso martinis and questionable decisions, this crew has already paid the tab.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In his second term, the president has fewer people around him who try to keep dubious sources away.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Doctors prescribe it to ease symptoms of testosterone deficiency — among them weight gain, muscle loss and depression — but dubious clinics also sell the therapy as a cure-all for a crisis of masculinity.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What consumers can do is consider an identity theft protection service, which scours social media, the Internet and the dark web for your personal information and alerts you about any suspicious activity.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
18 Apr. 2025
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This kind of reverse inference is the same logic your bank uses when flagging suspicious activity.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For years, Chicago Public School officials would send dozens of names of problematic employees to monthly board meetings for their dismissals to be signed off on.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Simon Callow is a new addition as a problematic billionaire funding Metropolitan Ballet Theater, as is David Haig, who plays its ailing artistic director.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Jamal Murray’s injury Nuggets guard Jamal Murray is doubtful due to right hamstring imflammation after missing the past five games.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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While Carvana has posted upside earnings surprises in the past, the investor was doubtful that will be repeated.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What’s less debatable is that CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan believed that Lorenz provided valuable perspective.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2025
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What’s not debatable is that the workload used to be far higher.—
Bruce Schoenfeld Robert Fass Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Fishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fishy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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