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Librarians who speak out against the spuriousness of the process might themselves be removed, in order to take the heat off school districts.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025

Born in St. Louis 50 years ago, Havemann aspired at first to replace his father as the world's greatest handicapper, a title that Havemann p�re claimed with total spuriousness for most of his 82 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the ultimate sale of such goods the French Government thus realized only a short change value� a value whose spuriousness passed for long unnoticed, due to the immense complexity of reparations accounting.

From Time Magazine Archive

The critical conjecture about the spuriousness of the tenth book is worthy of the champion of the false Ignatius as against Cureton.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

There was an assumption of nonchalance which sat upon these men with the stamp of spuriousness.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville