How to Use smoke screen in a Sentence
smoke screen
noun- The truth was hidden behind a smoke screen of lies.
- His campaign promises were just a smoke screen.
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Another thing worth noting is that there are plenty of smoke screens that emerge from the winter meetings.
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Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Their smoke screens covered many square miles and needed fewer people to operate them.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Set the smoke screens differently depending on the wind.
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Carolyn Forché,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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And while the smoke screen of the war is going on, China is ramping up their activities.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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And, while the smoke screen of the war is going on, China is ramping up their activities.
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Morgan Chittum,matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2026
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Yet others have theorized that the MSG buzz could be an elaborate smoke screen to throw off attention to the couple's real wedding plans.
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CBS News,
27 June 2026
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Yet others have theorized that the MSG buzz could be an elaborate smoke screen to throw off attention to the couple’s real wedding plans.
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Kimberlee Kruesi,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
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The exposure of political smoke screens The uprising also exposed manufactured alternatives.
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Kazem Kazerounian,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
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