| NOUN | act | red herring | any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue |
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| food | red herring, smoked herring | a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color | |
| communication | red herring, preliminary prospectus | a first draft of a prospectus |
| Meaning | Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue. | |
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| Broader | diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation | A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern / concern / concern) |
| Meaning | A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color. | |
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| Synonym | smoked herring | |
| Broader | herring | Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific |
| Meaning | A first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus. | |
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| Example | "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring" | |
| Synonym | preliminary prospectus | |
| Broader | course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus | A catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university |
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