false position
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ships suspected of smuggling have long modified their physical appearance or broadcast false position data, said the report from C4ADS, a non-profit group.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2021
Until we do that, he continued, “We are in a false position, an illogical position — a position that cannot be defended.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2020
This proved that the tail belonged to another specimen entirely and had been arranged in a false position in the Archaeoraptor fossil.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 15, 2014
David Moyes suggested the north-east club are in a "false position" and he is surely right.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2013
Among this good company I should have felt myself, even if I hadn’t robbed the pantry, in a false position.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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