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as in artificial
produced by humans rather than natural processes
that organic farm doesn't use any pesticides or synthetic fertilizers
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as in faux
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
synthetic fur collars boots of waterproof synthetic leather
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Recent Examples of synthetic
Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
The companies that will thrive in 2025 are those that prioritize data quality over quantity, embrace emerging technologies like synthetic and multimodal data, and maintain customer trust through transparent personalization practices.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
Their work includes hardscape construction, outdoor living, water features, irrigation and smart watering, drainage solutions, drought-wise planting, natural and high-quality synthetic turf, and landscape lighting.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Naturalizer Soul Neela Sneakers These sporty chic sneakers come in a metallic synthetic or synthetic upper, and both options are versatile enough to match several vacation looks.
—Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
The companies that will thrive in 2025 are those that prioritize data quality over quantity, embrace emerging technologies like synthetic and multimodal data, and maintain customer trust through transparent personalization practices.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
No, and the fly, obviously, eats synthetic creatures.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
Their work includes hardscape construction, outdoor living, water features, irrigation and smart watering, drainage solutions, drought-wise planting, natural and high-quality synthetic turf, and landscape lighting.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synthetic
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By springtime, the lingering sight of the giant artificial tree — still decked out in blinking lights and a red bow — was drawing attention on social media and causing concern for the mall's future.—
JC Reindl,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Surgeons and doctors often rely on artificial models to practice delicate procedures.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The makeup was similar to the high glam Williams has donned before, comprised of a bright undereye, bronze and mauve shadow across her crease, faux lashes, warm-toned contour under her cheekbones, an earthy brown lip liner and nude lipstick.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Crafted from faux oak leaves, pumpkins, and foliage, this pick won’t wilt or rot after several months outside, and it can even be packed away in storage to use again next year.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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The team performed high-resolution particle simulations using the KAIROS supercomputer at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy to verify them.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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The photo shows a Penning trap, which is a quantum simulation and sensing experiment.—
Sunya Bhutta,
Scientific American,
22 Sep. 2025
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Traditional LLMs have their own set of problems, but the introduction of simulated reasoning did significantly upgrade their capabilities, and now the same could be happening with AI robotics.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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This led to measuring any particle orientation or strength changes after a simulated quake.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The love story is reluctant allies to lovers, with a dash of fake dating, a pinch of pen pals and a whole clove of secret identities.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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All of the students purchased their fake degrees for $10,000 to $20,000 each.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Russia launched 579 attack drones and various types of dummy drones at Ukraine overnight into Saturday, Kyiv’s air force said.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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Flight 10 went well; Starship notched all of its main mission milestones, including its first-ever payload deployment in space (eight dummy versions of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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More recently, her brother, Jose Napoleon, the director of admissions at Azure College in Fort Lauderdale, was charged this year with a wire-fraud conspiracy involving the sale of false nursing degrees.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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In July and August 2024 anti-migrant riots ripped across the country following the murder of three young girls at a dance class in Stockport, and false rumors an immigrant was responsible.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Third-party imitative learning from an immigrating parrot’s flockmates may facilitate overall group integration and social bonding and may even give rise to cultural conventions of coordinated movements or gestures.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In addition to thinking about how to escape John’s imitative poetry and scholasticism, Constantine had to consider his own future.—
Gregory Jusdanis,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Synthetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synthetic. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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