counterfeiting

present participle of counterfeit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of counterfeiting As such, more will be required than a World Cup ticket, particularly because physical tickets are vulnerable to counterfeiting, while electronic devices, which may ordinarily be a way to show authentic tickets, are usually forbidden in consular buildings where interviews take place. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 He and Baines were imprisoned and questioned for counterfeiting coins, and Marlowe was sent home. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterfeiting
Verb
  • These companies do not make a habit of forging relationships with small organic farmers.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • This would mean forging an understanding with Labour, the Greens, or both.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the outlet and several videos circulating on social media, Mojito tricked pedestrians by pretending to inject them with a syringe in a series of viral videos.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, no one was pretending, unless pretense paid the bills.
    Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last month, a man was arrested after faking a bomb threat at the same ICE facility where Wednesday’s shooting occurred.
    Max Rego, The Hill, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Roughly 62 percent said that job seekers are now better at faking their identities with AI than hiring teams are at detecting them, and 31 percent had interviewed a candidate who was later revealed to be using a fake identity.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This resolution strengthens the foundation for simulating reactor behavior and assures designers that graphite will perform its duties as expected.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • All this change has caused concern among competitors, some of which have been simulating the new designs for over two years.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With all members present, Johnson can currently only afford to lose two Republican votes on any bill, assuming all Democrats are opposed.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Players today come into the league rightly assuming that audiences for professional women’s sports are there.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of these actions are affecting pediatricians’ vaccine purchasing directly.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Here are stories about how the impasse is affecting North Carolina, from paychecks and furloughs to shuttered services.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Counterfeiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterfeiting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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