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Meanings of phony in English
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
Synonyms
Examples for "fake"
Examples for "fake"
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But making fact checking yet another industry may simply institutionalise fake news.
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Police haven't said whether that number included any of the fake forms.
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The main issue at hand, right now, is rooting out fake news.
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Public anxiety over cases of fake or toxic food often spreads quickly.
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Now, he's working to solve a much harder AI problem: fake news.
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A real bastard to work for, I hear, but a great soldier.
2
Neils could deliver the bastard to the summer house, blindfolded, of course.
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She said: 'So I am the price of the old bastard's freedom.'
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This is the second time that bastard has gotten in my way.
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The bastard knew precisely the effect he had on her treacherous body.
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This year, the IRS is implementing new filters to catch bogus filings.
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The prime minister will not be alone on their bogus charge list.
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And this week, we have had bogus claims about immigration under Labour.
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Technical experts engraved the bogus plates-commonlyin basements in New York City.
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Mr Moeahu says the post is racist and based on bogus facts.
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He thought there was something phoney in the feel of the notes.
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The phoney war is over; now the battle for Eircom truly begins.
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The annual phoney war that kicks off awards season has properly begun.
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Websites are now used and operated anonymously or under a phoney alias.
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But the enthusiasm was short-lived and perceived as phoney at the time.
Usage of phony in English
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You know what we do to people give us a phony lead?
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That's a pretty sweeping statement, and I know how phony it sounds.
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Then they discovered something really big: phony anti-virus programs known as scareware.
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However, like a lot of this six-episode series, the prizes are phony.
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I keep thinking I've got some kind of phony vibration period here.
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It also penalised businesses that had paid PromoSalento for phony, glowing reviews.
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The phony Electoral College made a laughing stock out of our nation.
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Or maybe Dominick had, and he still thought she was a phony?
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How did they manage to make an ethereal translucent flob look phony?
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It also penalised properties that had paid PromoSalento for phony, glowing reviews.
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Some travel under phony names-andthe Santa Fe people keep their secret.
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Needless to say, the guy was a phony, but people can wish.
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The odds of our bonds being phony had dwindled to practically nothing.
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Identities of the various owners are buried under layers of phony documentation.
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The last attempts at denial or phony innocence shot out the window.
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But troublemakers who submit phony titles may be blocked once they're identified.
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Phony through the time
Phony across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare