canard
noun
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
canards
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pluralof canard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Let’s examine some of the other common canards about gun violence and gun laws, and start thinking about how to move the needle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
There are many canards about that generation, but the most persistent is that the boomers were central to the social and cultural events of the nineteen-sixties.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 18, 2019
In fact, she regards Darwin’s work as “impressive,” and makes no argument for a young Earth, the fixity of species or any of the other usual creationist canards.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 17, 2018
I’d rather see Facebook make mistakes in pursuit of a better one than cling to the old canards about algorithmic neutrality.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2018
Reports of fatal cases, however, invariably proved to be canards.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
