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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Federal organizations have been monitoring the Internet for deceptive advertisements, consumer fraud, and other unlawful activities.
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I know appearances can be deceptive , but Jeffrey didn't seem like a wife-beater.
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The sea here is very deceptive -- it looks calm but is in fact very dangerous.
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There is a deceptive simplicity to Irving Berlin's songs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the shimmering white minaret, and the impressive dome, designed to shelter 3,500 worshippers, are deceptive .
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But these figures are highly deceptive .
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High slack systems, then, are often hotbed of deceptive activities that cover up the exercise of power for personal gain.
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Housing estates lie below the canal on both sides although there is a deceptive amount of greenery about.
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Such was their initiation to the deceptive intrigues of early twentieth-century geopolitics.
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Why do self-oriented intents and deceptive behaviors persist in organizations?