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PRETEXT is validvalid

to allege as an excuse [v PRETEXTED, PRETEXTING, PRETEXTS]

48,610 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

an ostensible motive or reason, put forward as an excuse or to conceal the true one [n -S] / to allege as an excuse [v -ED, -ING, -S]

189,553 of 280,887 in CSW24·also valid in NWL2023