He kept finding many pretexts.
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Pretexts
Synonyms for "pretexts" (127 found)
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masquerademeretriciousnessostentationoutward showplayactingpleaposeposingposturepretendpretensepretensionprofessprotest too muchprotestationpurportput offrational groundrationalerationalization
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reasonreason forreason whyred herringrefugerepresentationrightrusesaving clausescreenseemingsemblanceshamshowsimulacrumsimulationsmoke screenspeciousnessstallstated causestratagemsubterfugethe big ideathe ideathe whatforthe whereforethe whytrickunderlying reasonvarnishveilway of escapeway outwhat forwhereforewhywindow dressing
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Alas, they just keep looking for pretexts!
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