How to Use fake it in a Sentence
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Francesca would rather fake it than delve too deeply.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
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Instead, fake it with a semi-sheer blue that blooms across a white base to create a design that looks like water.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
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So not sure the rigorous standard applies because someone could just kind of fake it.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
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People know when your effort is performative, don’t fake it.
—Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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But this pressure to fake it to fit in is hurting their finances, reports Rachel Hale.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
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World-class Syrah, distinctive enough that no other region can fake it, available at a fair price and a phone call.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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In that gap, people 'fake it' to appear modern, efficient, and competitive.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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For now, the accent remains one of the last places Hollywood can’t fake it — and one of the few where audiences still demand the real thing.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
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If nature doesn’t make it, fake it Where Mother Nature fails to provide snow, human technology can step in — to a point.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
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Our messy, idiosyncratic individuality is the foundation of social life — and machines can’t fake it.
—Nicholas A. Christakis, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
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While that might sound counterintuitive, Vyas says this means A-players are secure enough not to try and fake it by offering uninformed advice.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
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