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as in weaseled
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate
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as in cheated
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
she's been fudging on her taxes for years
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as in distorted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position
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Recent Examples of fudged
Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
Local police department statistics show violent crime in Washington has declined in recent years, but Trump has countered, without offering evidence, that the numbers were fudged.
—Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
The last time Tesla tried to reward and incentivize Musk, a $56 billion pay package granted in 2018 tied to revenue and market-capitalization milestones was twice nixed by a Delaware court, which ruled the company had fudged its disclosures to shareholders.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
If the final numbers were fudged, employees who worked on inputs to those numbers would realize that and speak up, Hall said.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Orange Lutheran reexamined the paperwork, found it had been fudged, self-reported its findings to the CIF-SS office and now is 2-6 overall going into Friday’s game against Santa Margarita.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for fudged
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Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.—
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Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.—
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The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.—
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Here’s everything to know about her mental health history and the religious influence that allegedly distorted her beliefs.—
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However, the government shutdown, which halted data collection, may have distorted the results.—
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Both of those numbers are often misrepresented by outdoor brands.—
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Ada County also misrepresented what happened, the lawsuit alleged.—
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Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role.—
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
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One of them, Hip Optical, which touts designer eyewear at non-designer prices, opened earlier this year across from the Apple Store and near True Food Kitchen and BJ’s Brewhouse.—
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The order arrived as a white, non-designer T-shirt, size 2XL.—
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“Fudged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fudged. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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