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dissimulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of dissimulate

as in pretends

to take on a false or deceptive appearance as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate, so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well

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Everyone pretends the films were chosen purely on merit, but the slate often reads Hollywood with a lanyard and a conscience.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Here, sometimes you get invited to dinner very quickly, and then, two years later, the person pretends not to know you anymore on the street.

— Baptiste Mandrillon, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

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