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as in shaded
protected from the sun's rays
a lovely shady spot in the park that was pleasantly cool
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as in deceptive
given to or marked by cheating and deception
a shady business deal
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as in questionable
giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged
cited some shady statistics to back up his argument
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as in shifty
given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions
shady characters hanging out in the park after nightfall
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as in notorious
not respectable
a courtesan who lived on the shady fringe of society
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Recent Examples of shady
His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Lake Mineral Wells State Park – Mineral Wells, Texas
West of Fort Worth, this park blends lake views, quiet trails, and shady BBQ spots under mesquite trees.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
While sitting in a peaceful, shady neighborhood, the house is close to all of the shopping, dining and culture in midtown, downtown and East Sacramento.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 24 May 2025
When flowering is over, relocate the orchid outdoors in a shady area such as under a tree.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Lake Mineral Wells State Park – Mineral Wells, Texas
West of Fort Worth, this park blends lake views, quiet trails, and shady BBQ spots under mesquite trees.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
While sitting in a peaceful, shady neighborhood, the house is close to all of the shopping, dining and culture in midtown, downtown and East Sacramento.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 24 May 2025
When flowering is over, relocate the orchid outdoors in a shady area such as under a tree.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shady
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The quest to build human-level AI agents using techniques known to produce deceptive tendencies, Bengio says, is comparable to a car speeding down a narrow mountain road, with steep cliffs on either side, and thick fog obscuring the path ahead.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Last year, the Biden administration's Transportation Department opened an inquiry ordering American, Delta Air Lines, Southwest and United to provide records and submit reports to ensure consumers do not face unfair, deceptive, or anticompetitive practices.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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While many supplements are questionable at best, some of the hype about creatine seems warranted; even the International Olympic Committee has it on a short list of four supplements that are largely safe and proven effective for athletes.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
28 May 2025
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She is officially labeled as questionable to play against the Liberty.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
27 May 2025
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By associating vibes with AI, doing so is an outrageous and shifty means of subliminally implying that AI is mysterious, perhaps bordering on possessing sentience.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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And the staff lined up just to say goodbye / Tiny tear in his shifty little eye.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Escape from ‘The Rock’ On June 11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, a former US military base located on a small island off the coast of San Francisco.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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Torrez, though, was also linked by DNA to the notorious stabbing deaths of 8-year-old Laura Hobbs and her friend 9-year-old Krystal Tobias in Zion on Mother’s Day in 2005.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Financial support, in the form of a shadowy investment club that purports to lift up and empower women.—
Dwyer Murphy
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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Resilience was targeting the top of the moon, a less forbidding place than the shadowy bottom.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2025
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On May 30, 2025, a Pennsylvania federal court refused NFL player agent Todd France’s request to vacate a December 2023 arbitration decision which ordered France to pay over $800,000 in damages to rival agent Jason Bernstein and which excoriated France for fraudulent conduct.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The couple were convicted of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans as well as tax evasion and sentenced to 12 and seven years, respectively.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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Sakara also has health supplements (which can be scientifically dubious), like a metabolism booster and fulvic acid cell reset.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
29 May 2025
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Republican consultant Kevin Madden, who was a senior adviser to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012, was dubious about her chances in either race.—
Michael R. Blood,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Lights with a lower temperature tend to be a warmer, more yellow shade that may look dim in dark garages.—
Molly Blanco,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2025
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Opening April 8, 2026 A blind date spirals spectacularly off the rails in Becky Shaw, the razor-sharp dark comedy from two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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“Shady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shady. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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