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artificial, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitation, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
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The sense of inevitability about no-deal, cultivated by the hardliners advising Mr Johnson, is bogus. — The Economist, "How Parliament can stop Boris Johnsonâs no-deal Brexit," 29 Aug. 2019 This year, Pan introduced additional legislation (SB 276) that would establish state oversight of exemptions in an effort to crack down on bogus, for-profit medical exemptions. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Anti-vaxxer livestreamed alleged assault on pro-vaccine lawmaker," 22 Aug. 2019 The court later ruled that the administrationâs stated rationale for adding itâenforcing the Voting Rights Act, of all thingsâwas likely bogus. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Trumpâs Quiet Attack on Redistricting," 19 Aug. 2019 And according to Solomon, who will join us, Mueller's case against one-time Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos probably completely bogus. — Fox News, "Kellyanne Conway: CNN's bombshell report is just a bomb," 29 Aug. 2018 Its argument for pulling out of the UN Human Rights Commissionâa troubled body that had nevertheless been improving under American influenceâwas bogus. — The Economist, "There is a need for fresh thinking on human rights," 8 Aug. 2019 The agency also required carriers to verify at the network level whether calls are legitimate â and either stop bogus calls or alert customers about them. — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, "Are we finally starting to win the battle against annoying robocalls?," 11 July 2019 Maria Alonso, 59, created bogus vendor invoices and then used the law firmâs computer system to generate checks to pay the invoices. — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Marlins Man's bookkeeper takes him for $1.5 million," 14 June 2018 Ninety percent of the asylum claims turn out to be bogus. — baltimoresun.com, "Letters: After-school soccer club a success; Howard needs a plastic bag ban; and more from readers," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bogus.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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