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as in camouflaged
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the spies disguised themselves as harmless tourists
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as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
that investigative reporter usually does a good job of disguising her true motives for interviewing a person
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as in cloaked
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Recent Examples of disguised
Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Listen for faint buzzing or clicks that might come from disguised devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
From the start, though, they are treated with barely disguised hostility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Try bicycles for more exercise disguised as fun, then saunter over to Spa La Quinta’s 23,000 square feet of bliss.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
That disguised their re-appearances.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
According to the post, explosives in liquid form can be disguised as everyday products.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2025
Social media can expose them to misinformation, traumatic content or predatory behavior disguised as support.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
By overlooking this, the Union-Tribune’s editorial promotes surrender disguised as principle.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Mayfield disguised himself as Swayze at the Bucs’ indoor facility, interacting with fans, staff and teammates before revealing his true identity.
—Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
These phrases are emotional napalm disguised as communication.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Our children and grandchildren will also likely face these same disguised attempts for decades to come—if there is anything left to protect, that is.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Listen for faint buzzing or clicks that might come from disguised devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
From the start, though, they are treated with barely disguised hostility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, allegedly disguised himself as a police officer, wearing body armor and driving a vehicle that appeared to be law enforcement.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Try bicycles for more exercise disguised as fun, then saunter over to Spa La Quinta’s 23,000 square feet of bliss.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
That disguised their re-appearances.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
According to the post, explosives in liquid form can be disguised as everyday products.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2025
Social media can expose them to misinformation, traumatic content or predatory behavior disguised as support.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
By overlooking this, the Union-Tribune’s editorial promotes surrender disguised as principle.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Mayfield disguised himself as Swayze at the Bucs’ indoor facility, interacting with fans, staff and teammates before revealing his true identity.
—Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
These phrases are emotional napalm disguised as communication.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disguised
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Explosive devices can be unpredictable, easily triggered, hard to detect or camouflaged.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Perlstein and Vergato divided the proceeds and concealed their involvement by using personal email accounts, other corporate entities, and fake identities.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
9 Sep. 2025
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The student allegedly admitted to taking the gun on Sunday while his uncle was in the shower and then bringing it onto the bus concealed in his pocket, according to the affidavit.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout a two-hour concert with a 41-song setlist, The Weeknd transformed the 69,000-person venue into an apocalyptic land in the ruins of a city inhabited by cloaked figures.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
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Nikitović took inspiration from old Westerns to dress Hart, wanting to introduce him like a mysterious, cloaked cowboy emerging from the desert.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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Kirk's assassination is the most high-profile example yet of what extremism researchers at the NCRI see as an increasingly dangerous normalization of political violence—often masked as satire, rebellion, or dark humor online.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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The film is a down-the-center-lane portrayal of Salters’ ride to fame as a pioneer female boxer, whose massive success masked years of abuse at the hands of her husband and trainer Jim Martin (an initially unrecognizable Ben Foster), who eventually tried to kill her.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But amid the hype around European defense, Muirhead conceded that the exit trajectory for many startups in the sector remains shrouded in uncertainty.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The number of quasars over the region of space examined by the team indicate that the population of shrouded quasars is similar to that of unhidden quasars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Justin shares Jack with wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and while the couple often shares photos of their son, his face is often obscured.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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And while the game gives some basic tutorials for new abilities, a few mechanics seem intentionally obscured.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While the game retains the signature cel-shaded, colorful art style, the developers at Gearbox have promised a less annoyingly comedic tone.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Along with the rides, festivalgoers have access to select concessions, shopping, bathrooms and shaded areas inside the gates at Kentucky Kingdom.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even when the authors simulated the emergence of new, more transmissible variants (a frequent situation that proved very challenging to forecasters during the COVID-19 pandemic), the algorithm proved robust, adjusting quickly by re-estimating transmission rates.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the first experiment, called the carbon assimilation experiment or the pyrolytic release experiment, the researchers simulated the Martian atmosphere in one of Viking’s test chambers.—
Joel S. Levine,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Disguised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disguised. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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