falsify
verb (used with object)
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive.
was falsifying
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past progressiveof falsify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was falsifying weather forecasts to undermine the battle against drought?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2018
Corinthian Colleges filed for bankruptcy in 2015 after the Education Department restricted its access to federal student aid amid concerns that the company was falsifying job placement rates for graduates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2017
In 2012, Yentis, then the editor of the journal Anaesthesia, asked Carlisle to investigate data from a researcher named Yoshitaka Fujii, who the community suspected was falsifying clinical trials.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2017
The official reason for Ms. Shi’s firing was falsifying travel expenses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2016
They knew he was falsifying, but they made no comment, except to declare that she must be taken back to the steamer without an hour’s delay.
From Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
