as in assuming
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as in pretending
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimulating
Verb
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But pretending the problem is purely technical misses the point.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026 -
Anyway, Amanda brings it up again, pretending to be curious but really just making the distinction known between the other women, who used ghostwriters, and herself, who didn’t but should have.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Erdoğan mocked these initiatives and described them as dishonest.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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Even Americans who have grown habituated to Trump’s excesses have been shaken by these killings and the reflexively cruel and dishonest response from the administration.—
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Which is not to say that Amodei is being insincere.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Then again, Friday’s show was a reminder that much of Rascal Flatts’ output can get overly glossy and insincere, so maybe that wasn’t such a bad thing after all.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But Donnie ain't phony like Varnell.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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The owner of the bag told airport security screenings that the phony bomb was a training prop.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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At one point, Melania is shown watching television coverage of the proceedings on CNN, apparently unconcerned that the network only traffics in fake news.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Authorities have said the backpack contained a ghost gun, fake IDs, a notebook and other writings detailing Mangione’s grievances against the private health care system in the United States.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Subtle yet artful details bring a necessary update to an otherwise retro silhouette.—
Shelby Ying Hyde,
Refinery29,
4 Feb. 2026
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Before every artful-minded modern horror film became about grief and trauma, The Babadook explored these themes with authenticity, deftly weaving in Amelia's grief over the loss of her husband and her inability to control her son with traditional horror tropes.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Still, the uncomfortable truth that few are publicly acknowledging is that, by almost every traditional measure of intelligence, artificial general intelligence already exists.—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Investors honed in instead on how much Microsoft is spending on investments, whether growth in its Azure cloud business will slow and how long its push into artificial-intelligence technology will take to turn into big profits.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Elevated with an ever-evolving menu of dishes in a non-pretentious yet upscale environment, Forty 1 is led by Chef Lindsey Dale who is no stranger to fresh, local ingredients, and who also works closely with local purveyors.—
David Duran,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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In Tim Burton’s breakthrough film, O’Hara played tragically hip Delia Deetz, the pretentious and self-absorbed stepmother of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Dissimulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimulating. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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