Thesaurus results for SMOKE SCREEN

smoke screen

noun

Definition of smoke screen

as in front

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Recent Examples of smoke screen And, while the smoke screen of the war is going on, China is ramping up their activities. — Morgan Chittum,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026 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. — CBS News, 27 June 2026 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. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for smoke screen

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Noun

The same gateway sits in front of Model Context Protocol servers, the standard way agents now discover and call tools.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Europeans will also be keen to put on a unified front publicly, particularly over defense spending, according to Franke.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of front

Noun

In some position groups — receiver, tight end, edge rushers, cornerback and safeties to be specific — the blind is leading the blind because there is no veteran presence in those rooms.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
The large slats of shutters might be easier to vacuum than those of mini blinds or even cellular shades, so make a plan based on your window blind type and style.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of blind

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In a case pending in federal court in Oakland, California, three Facebook users allege that the company profits from online swindles at the expense of users.

— David Ingram, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Supporting characters add to the plot, as Chance needs help from his former crew, most of whom have gone straight but can’t resist the lure of the swindle.

— Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of swindle

Noun

There is some speculation that the coup was a hoax, however, as Roy Bates was later represented in court by one of Sealand’s Dutch occupiers.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Another of WKNA‘s articles even uses a screenshot that was first posted to r/poisonai that shows Google’s AI Overview correctly asserting that reports of Vance’s death are a hoax.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026

Definition of hoax

Noun

Kidan pleaded guilty in 2005 to fraud and conspiracy related to the purchase of a fleet of gambling boats, and in 2006 he was sentenced to nearly six years in prison.

— Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Google also said the devices were used for ad fraud and other digital crimes.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of fraud

Noun

There’s a tremendous amount of financial chicanery that goes on in 2026.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2026
Not many people, however, concluded that financial chicanery at executive level should be used as a stick with which to beat the players and coaches who had won those trophies over the years in question.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 21 May 2026

Definition of chicanery

Noun

Castaneda, Marshall writes, made an end run around the department’s Yaqui expert, with the other committee members overly impressed by his au courant melange of fieldwork and gauzy ruminations, despite the fact that his timelines and grasp of mycology didn’t make sense.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
This isn’t an end run around a manufacturer with a virtual monopoly in fab.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of end run

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