Planned Distraction

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	noun • any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue • a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color • a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
	24%	14		Distraction
	noun • preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
	24%	7		A diversion or distraction in which words are used to conceal the true meaning
	noun • a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades • making a false outward show

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New York Times29 Jan 1981	Down 31
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