"in pretext" is an acceptable and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a false or deliberately misleading explanation given to conceal the true purpose or motive of an action. For example, "The thief attempted to use a fake ID in pretext of being a minor."
(Past participant, rural, male) "Government people keep us threatened that action may be taken against us in the pretext of some irregularity in PNDT".
This short-sighted business-first policy, cloaked in the pretext of reaching out to "moderates" in Iran, has a price paid in innocent human lives.
The levels of telomerase activity in the PRETEXT 2, 3, and 4 tumours were significantly higher than in the PRETEXT 1 tumours (P=0.025).
What Mr. Cuomo lacked in legal pretext or standing to seize money, he made up for with guile and gall.
On remand, respondent must, as the Court of Appeals recognized, be afforded a fair opportunity to show that petitioner's stated reason for respondent's rejection was in fact pretext.
"This memo, which contradicts what Secretary Ross told stakeholders and testified under oath before Congress, confirms he was complicit in that pretext," Gupta said.
Or, as Bamford puts it in "A Pretext for War," the "N.S.A. needs human intelligence sources to help tell it where, and to whom, to listen".
Trump's arrogation of congressional power qualifies as a minor coup d'état: he has explicitly commandeered the most important constitutional power the power of the purse from the legislative branch, openly and in pure pretext.
It has vast forest area although declining due to indiscriminate deforestation especially through the recent introduction of land deals in the pretext of large scale agricultural investments.
Pharmacy academics also perceived that due to junior pharmacy students' limited clinical experience, definitions of 'Patient Safety'Errorror' and 'Incident' should be included in the pretext to the survey.
