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"pretexts" has 2 syllables: pret-exts.
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“The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.”
"Pretexts" has 2 syllables: pret · exts.
Pretexts: A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
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