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The phrase "a sort of bogus" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not genuine or is misleading in a somewhat informal manner.
Example: "The claims made in the advertisement were a sort of bogus, lacking any real evidence to support them."
Alternatives: "somewhat fake" or "kind of phony".
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There is, furthermore, a maddening tendency to overuse the phrase "of course," a lazy formulation that supplies an ordinary declarative with a sort of bogus worldliness: "Finally, of course, she warmed to him" -- where no reason has been intimated for her warming to him or not.
I'd graduated from art school with a sort of bogus degree and was bouncing from job to job when I responded to an ad on Craigslist.
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A: Sort of.
To deal with that skepticism, he said, one can either "a) say, 'Ah, this is all sort of bogus, let's do something else,' or b) try to work and develop things that make it a lot more believable".
Yes, the climate-denier community, funded by big oil, has published all sorts of bogus science for years — and the world never made a fuss.
"There are all sorts of bogus theories about acupuncture, but the bottom line is that it appears to work.
San Diego asserts that MWD is lumping on all sorts of bogus charges.
This sort of bogus separation is a tactic employed by many big shell-firm incorporators, because it allows the parent company to disavow any connection to its local offices if the shit hits the fan from a legal standpoint.
The title of celebrity chef is sort of bogus.
A sort of aspic.
A sort of monster.
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