deflective
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A clue as to Carrick's deflective attitude towards the allegations could be found in his interview with police, however.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
His sadness triggered his deflective smile, and he’d detach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Smith also recommends a deflective approach for invading jackets, hair or feet.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
In emails introduced as evidence, Mr. Weber wrote to colleagues that the conclusions in Theranos’s reports were “not believable” and that the company’s answers to questions were “non-informative, tangential, deflective or evasive.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
The term inclined armor denotes deflective armor that is inclined to the vertical.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
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