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- noun Plural form of
half-truth .
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Examples
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Of all the misinformation, half-truths, and outright lies about terrorism put forth by the Bush Administration, none is as pernicious as the one repeated by Ambassador L. Paul Bremer last Friday during his talk at Bowdoin College on “Iraq and the War on Terrorism.”
Black Liquor Sparks New Trade Feud and Old Controversies : Law is Cool 2009
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On Sunday, he sent an e-mail message: This is nothing more than political assassination by a group of self-centered individuals with their own political agendas, who enjoy half-truths, gossip and hiding behind the press for their own self-worth.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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In response to questions, an attorney for Gladden said The Post's information contained "factual inaccuracies, half-truths, dated information, unsubstantiated allegations by convicted felons and hearsay."
Virginia gun dealers: Small number supply most guns tied to crimes David S. Fallis 2010
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She's an Evangelical Christian, you know, and she's taken cues from the Palin camp in so far as she's spouting half-truths and wildly incorrect data.
HuffPost TV: HuffPost's Alex Wagner Discusses Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin On 'Hardball' (VIDEO) HuffPost TV 2011
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In response to questions, an attorney for Gladden said The Post's information contained "factual inaccuracies, half-truths, dated information, unsubstantiated allegations by convicted felons and hearsay."
Virginia gun dealers: Small number supply most guns tied to crimes David S. Fallis 2010
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In response to questions, an attorney for Gladden said The Post's information contained "factual inaccuracies, half-truths, dated information, unsubstantiated allegations by convicted felons and hearsay."
Virginia gun dealers: Small number supply most guns tied to crimes David S. Fallis 2010
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I ask only because we seem today to be much more savvy about being in Important Times, collectively aware that we're passing through history – a tsunami, exploding aircraft, malign old tyrannies being shucked like peas, an old man's important half-truths being pointlessly interrupted by a skidmark – and, being aware that this is living-dramatic, wanting to refract it instantly as drama.
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And half-truths are all we have from the GOP so far.
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Penny McKeeEdinburghNeo-Malthusian outfits, such as the Optimum Population Trust, with their green friends, jump at any opportunity to peddle their half-truths on population growth, which have been around since the Malthus theorem was disproved many centuries ago.
Only by regulating family size can a global crisis be averted | The big issue 2011
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She's an Evangelical Christian, you know, and she's taken cues from the Palin camp in so far as she's spouting half-truths and wildly incorrect data.
HuffPost TV: HuffPost's Alex Wagner Discusses Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin On 'Hardball' (VIDEO) HuffPost TV 2011
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