as in to deceive
to make a statement one knows to be untrue
would I lie to you about that?
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as in tale
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie
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Recent Examples of lie
Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
On the surface, the piece confronted gender apartheid in Iran, but its true power lay in its layered critique.
—Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
The power to classify or declassify lies in the hands of top federal officials, including the president and Cabinet secretaries.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Because beneath the story lies something harder to define: discomfort.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
On the surface, the piece confronted gender apartheid in Iran, but its true power lay in its layered critique.
—Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
These tasks include staunching blood, ignoring lies, returning books, paying fees and – quite often – combing out the lice, to name just a few from the recitation of fierce, loving gestures.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
The power to classify or declassify lies in the hands of top federal officials, including the president and Cabinet secretaries.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie
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Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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That said, the tale of how a crude blue cartoon bear ran for office and actually did well despite common sense became far more relevant once Donald Trump began campaigning for the presidency.—
Steve Greene,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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In the search for the specific medical condition that will serve the dramatic needs, that well of story options is deep.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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This story contains details from the season finale of The Pitt on Max.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Many of the most outrageous falsehoods were aimed at Bolsonaro’s opponent, Fernando Haddad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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There can be lots of falsehoods that the AI assumes to be utterly true.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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So far, the fairy tale adaptation has amassed $81.9 million domestically and $181 million globally to stand as the lowest-grossing (by far) of Disney’s live-action remakes.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2025
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My grass was a bright shade of fairy tale green, the trees were budding and my tulips had bloomed.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Lie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lie. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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