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Red Herring

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

polysemousMWE

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: preliminary prospectussmoked herring
plural: Red Herrings
possessive: Red Herring's
pluralpossessive: Red Herrings'

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