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pretext <a pretext; pretexts> N

pretext

flimsy pretext POL

as a pretext VB

on the pretext of

on the pretext that

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Thus, nature and elements they become the pretext upon which the artist pushed the colour to get the effect felt.
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And there was not even the pretext of principled decisionmaking.
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This was used as a pretext for the immediate arrest, without any formal process, of a number of soldiers and civilians throughout the country.
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He often refused, under various pretexts, to pay the venue hire charge.
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Officers of the law gave perjured testimony and presented fabricated evidence as a pretext for false arrests and wrongful imprisonment.
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The purpose was to physically eliminate any potential political opposition, on the pretext of collaboration with the enemy.
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The ambassadors, on the contrary, assured their sovereigns that the accusation was a pretext.
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He possibly lured her into his flat under the pretext of offering her work.
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It became both text and pretext for an activity of picture-making.
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In 2003, a.s.h was the topic of a series of under the pretext of examining the group's role in the deaths of several depressed individuals.
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