Synonyms for red herring
red her·ring

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1. red herringnoun

   any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

   Synonyms:
   smoked herring, preliminary prospectus

2. red herring, smoked herringnoun

   a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

   Synonyms:
   smoked herring, preliminary prospectus

3. preliminary prospectus, red herringnoun

   a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus

   "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"

   Synonyms:
   smoked herring, preliminary prospectus

Matched Categories

1. • Diversion
   • Herring
   • Prospectus

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1. Howard Means:

   Terry Norman is in a sense the second gunman on the grassy knoll ... He's been kind of a handy bogeyman or a red herring.

2. Lou Brien:

   Supply doesn’t matter. That’s a red herring in the bigger picture. It’s all about inflation and inflation expectations.

3. William Barr:

   Well, I think the whole idea of a special master is a bit of a red herring.

4. Conrad Nowak:

   Believe me, if there was anything to this Ukraine red herring, we would’ve heard about it a long time ago, chalupa was nothing more than an individual involved in ethnic relations, not unlike countless other ethnic and heritage communities throughout the United States.

5. Gerald Hassell:

   Headcount can be a bit of a red herring in terms of analysis.