1
as in forged
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
an expert at counterfeiting money
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2
as in pretended
to present a false appearance of
managing to counterfeit a happy expression while visiting a sick friend
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Though forged with simple materials, Luise Kaish’s canvas collages do indeed evoke a sense of wonder.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025 -
The signatories said that many elements of modern international law aimed at protecting human life were originally forged in response to the Holocaust.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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The rest of his Republican colleagues gleefully approved the bill and have pretended ever since that their vote was the right thing to do.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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Tapping into his State Farm acting chops on fourth down while leading 7-0, Mahomes pretended to be frustrated with a Reid play-call before handing the ball off.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Authorities said that the Heat guard allegedly rigged games in connection with a sports bettor, allegedly shared information with bettors about game rosters and who would not play and allegedly faked an injury in a March 2023 game to benefit a betting ring, per CNN.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Rozier faked an injury to leave a March 23, 2023, game between the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans.—
Ryan Morik , Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Wednesday’s ballistic missile launches by North Korea were the first of their kind since the country on May 8 tested short-range systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against US and South Korean forces.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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In 2011, Deconinck and Oliveras simulated different disturbances with higher and higher frequencies and watched what happened to the Stokes waves.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Oct. 2025
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Khaled assumed he was being moved to yet another prison, until he was taken to a place called Ward A.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Counterfeited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterfeited. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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