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as in camouflaging
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 concealing
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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Recent Examples of disguising
According to investigators, the occupants were seeking to enter the country to find work and had set sail from Weihai, Shandong Province, disguising themselves as anglers with fishing rods.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
On disguising combination moves behind an initial setup.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Flores is excellent at scheming exotic blitzes and disguising pressure.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Both partners commit to naming insecurities directly rather than disguising them as tests.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Applying coconut or walnut oil can go a long way towards disguising white scratches.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Shamos takes advantage of that urgency by disguising itself as help.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Was Barron there, but just really good at disguising his six-foot-seven frame?
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Russ then tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers — a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish team.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
On disguising combination moves behind an initial setup.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Flores is excellent at scheming exotic blitzes and disguising pressure.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Both partners commit to naming insecurities directly rather than disguising them as tests.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Applying coconut or walnut oil can go a long way towards disguising white scratches.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Shamos takes advantage of that urgency by disguising itself as help.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Was Barron there, but just really good at disguising his six-foot-seven frame?
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Russ then tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers — a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish team.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disguising
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In their nine years working together, the decorators have developed their own sleight of hand, cleverly camouflaging pragmatic choices as strictly aesthetic ones.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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Defense camouflaging more blemishes than Revlon.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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What begins as a crime caper morphs into an unexpected rom-com as Jeff spends more time with Leigh’s family and even joins her local church, all while concealing his real identity and living behind a display of bicycles at Leigh’s workplace.—
Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 2025
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Snelling is currently charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Fangio entered the 2025 season masking his talent gap at CB2 by having Mitchell on the opponents’ top receivers.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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In Discretion, which has an eight-episode order, Lenny (Fanning), a summer associate at a prestigious Dallas law firm, uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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And inside the hedges was my tour photographer hiding in bushes that had not previously been there.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, Machado’s candidacy was blocked, she was prevented from leaving the country, and she has been forced to live in hiding.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Simply put, there are complex problems that cannot be solved by classical computers, such as simulating molecules for drug discovery and materials science and optimizing large-scale systems in finance and logistics.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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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
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His reflective blue shades were perched atop a baseball cap, obscuring much of his face.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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That means the night skies in and around Capitol Reef are especially protected from star-obscuring light, so this playground of cliffs, arches, and canyons has some of the best stargazing in the country.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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Zero-knowledge proofs are frequently misunderstood as mere privacy tools, cloaking information behind cryptographic walls.—
Mirror Tang,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Gibson recalls how the original idea was to create a pre-colonial film or series first, covering different narratives about largely obscure figures from across Africa.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Jacoby Easter led the team with 47 rushing yards, while Portley finished with three touchdowns on just three carries covering nine yards.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Disguising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disguising. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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