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as in forged
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot
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as in pretended
to present a false appearance of
while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes
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as in concocted
to perform, make, or do without preparation
if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech
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as in evaded
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right
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Recent Examples of faked
Kayti Burt, Time, 18 July 2025
On top of that, rumors are circling back around that the recent, flashy trailer Microsoft showed off for the game after years of silence may have been more or less faked and not actual gameplay.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Authorities said that the Heat guard allegedly rigged games in connection with a sports bettor, allegedly shared information with bettors about game rosters and who would not play and allegedly faked an injury in a March 2023 game to benefit a betting ring, per CNN.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
But Jin-ho rises up from his apparently faked death.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 18 July 2025
On top of that, rumors are circling back around that the recent, flashy trailer Microsoft showed off for the game after years of silence may have been more or less faked and not actual gameplay.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
Jarvis faked his shot right then backhanded the puck into the net past Wedgewood, who stood little chance.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Authorities said that the Heat guard allegedly rigged games in connection with a sports bettor, allegedly shared information with bettors about game rosters and who would not play and allegedly faked an injury in a March 2023 game to benefit a betting ring, per CNN.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faked
Adjective
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Punter Sean West — whose long 24-yard heave on a fake punt outgained every quarterback on the roster.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Green expertly applies fake eyelashes, thick foundation and a dessert brown eye look, while Messina goes to work piling tight curls atop my head.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This bond was forged in a bygone era.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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During the cast interview, Kardashian, 45, revealed that the women forged a close bond behind the cameras during a group dinner before filming began.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Donna recently moved to Orlando, to Bennie's chagrin – who has pretended not to remember her name.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors said Montejano pretended to be a teenage boy on Snapchat, asked the girls to meet him in a public area at the apartment complex before forcing the girls into his apartment.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even so, del Toro has not merely concocted another Whale of a tale.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Each district sends two children as tributes to the fight-to-the-death Hunger Games, concocted by the capitol to keep the populace distracted.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bears quarterback Caleb Williams hit tight end Colston Loveland with a pass and the tight end barely evaded two Bengals defenders, who hit each other instead of Loveland.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Bills shut down Patrick Mahomes and evaded the Chiefs for the fifth straight time in the regular season to improve to a secure 6-2 mark.—
Torrey Hart,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Spare me the feigned outrage, Feeny.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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There’s no feigned seriousness, no proclamations of honesty.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And when daily wear and tear was simulated – through continuous electric-toothbrush abrasion equivalent to about a year of brushing, as well as chewing and grinding – the teeth actually had superior resistance to wear, fracture and acid attack compared with natural enamel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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In this latest study, Parise simulated a grid of these detectors spread across visual and auditory space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Riffmade founders Stephanie Betesh and Nicholas Steigmann devised a whole line of furnishings with this idea in mind, starting with a desk that can be covered up when the work day is over.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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The British military historian John Keegan revealed the hazards of this kind of planning in his anatomy of the Schlieffen Plan, the German strategy for fighting a two-front continental war that was devised, in 1905, by the chief of the army’s general staff, Alfred von Schlieffen.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Faked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faked. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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