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as in misrepresented
to give a misleading impression of
his bright smile belied his actual mood, which was really one of great sadness
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as in refuted
to prove to be false
the latest information belies the old theory
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as in obscured
to keep secret or shut off from view
the security council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation
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Recent Examples of belied
The latter belied Altuve’s efforts.
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Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
The jazz piano of Bill Evans was characterized by grace and poise, a lightness of touch yielding a plaintive depth of feeling, that belied a life beset with chaos and tragedy.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, an ABC sitcom whose awkward title belied its easy charm, ran from 2012 to 2014.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Its pursuit of a medal began Thursday with a 5-1 win against Latvia that belied the game's slog through the first period and a half.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026
Heck, take it all the way back to the most impactful championship game of all time when Joe Namath (17 of 28, 206 yards, no TDs, no interceptions) played a cool and efficient game that belied his showtime throw-it-deep persona in a 16-7 win over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl 3 in Miami.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Trump’s is a bold prediction, and one belied by the fact that the revolution founded by Fidel Castro in the 1950s has survived all manner of murky CIA assassination plots and decades of economic arm twisting.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Weir sang the band’s country covers and his own material, and played rhythm guitar in a brilliantly eccentric manner that belied the job’s second-string implications — even while soundman Dan Healy was turning him down in the mix.
—Richard Gehr, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
His entire family — his wife, Mariah, and their four young children — created a joyful scene that belied the disappointing nature of his Milwaukee Bucks’ 120-113 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
The jazz piano of Bill Evans was characterized by grace and poise, a lightness of touch yielding a plaintive depth of feeling, that belied a life beset with chaos and tragedy.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, an ABC sitcom whose awkward title belied its easy charm, ran from 2012 to 2014.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Its pursuit of a medal began Thursday with a 5-1 win against Latvia that belied the game's slog through the first period and a half.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026
Heck, take it all the way back to the most impactful championship game of all time when Joe Namath (17 of 28, 206 yards, no TDs, no interceptions) played a cool and efficient game that belied his showtime throw-it-deep persona in a 16-7 win over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl 3 in Miami.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Trump’s is a bold prediction, and one belied by the fact that the revolution founded by Fidel Castro in the 1950s has survived all manner of murky CIA assassination plots and decades of economic arm twisting.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Weir sang the band’s country covers and his own material, and played rhythm guitar in a brilliantly eccentric manner that belied the job’s second-string implications — even while soundman Dan Healy was turning him down in the mix.
—Richard Gehr, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
His entire family — his wife, Mariah, and their four young children — created a joyful scene that belied the disappointing nature of his Milwaukee Bucks’ 120-113 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belied
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Kelly Enders-Tharp, a three-time surrogate and education and experience specialist at Growing Generations, explains that surrogates are often stereotyped, or that their backgrounds are misrepresented.—
Kris Ann Valdez,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2026
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Wang also misrepresented herself as holding current aesthetician, massage therapist and hair salon licenses on a loan application to the American Lending Center, the DA's office said.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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These claims have been widely refuted by cancer experts, who have publicly stated that there is no scientific evidence or clinical trial data to support them at this time.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Local police and the city manager refuted the claims, saying there was no evidence to support them.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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Unfortunately, a lot of the homes near Guthrie's residence are far from the street and are obscured by shrubbery, Siminoff said, so collecting video data of cars on the road might be hard in this case.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The result of this was that the view of the ball was often obscured when shots went up.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Economic growth fueled by foreign borrowing created an illusion of stability that concealed deepening structural decay.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Women who brought the lawsuits said the university ignored their complaints and deliberately concealed abuse that happened for decades during examinations at the UCLA student health center, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or in Heaps’ campus office.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Another video recorded by straphangers aboard a train passing through the station shows the killer shove Dawodu, who collapses to the platform covered in blood.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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District officials say the decision will save $12 million and will put Broward in line with other school districts, many of which have never covered GLP-1 medications for weight loss.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Ukraine's air force said Russia launched two missiles and 183 drones into the country overnight, of which 156 drones were shot down or suppressed.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Congress was sidelined, independent media was suppressed, and opponents were detained, all under a veneer of legal authority.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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What remains is a tool of self-discipline, disguised as self-help.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Political partisans tend to behave in a partisan way—even if that partisanship is disguised as apolitical, Christian living.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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