as in synthetic
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
even the celebrity interior designer was fooled by the faux marble
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Recent Examples of faux
The trompe l’oeil jeans were in fact made from silk muslin and printed with a faux denim effect.
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Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Mushrooms muscle in for beef in a potent faux Bolognese; the hefty hempseed burger, crispy without and juicy within, is too tall to fit your mouth; and every piece of lettuce is flawless.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
This mini dress is perfect for a casual beach wedding thanks to a one-shoulder silhouette, vibrant leaf print, and faux wrap silhouette.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
What becomes clear is that Yesteryear is not actually the withering critique of faux-trad influencers it’s been marketed as.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
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Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Mushrooms muscle in for beef in a potent faux Bolognese; the hefty hempseed burger, crispy without and juicy within, is too tall to fit your mouth; and every piece of lettuce is flawless.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
This mini dress is perfect for a casual beach wedding thanks to a one-shoulder silhouette, vibrant leaf print, and faux wrap silhouette.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
What becomes clear is that Yesteryear is not actually the withering critique of faux-trad influencers it’s been marketed as.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faux
Adjective
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This backward-looking approach fails entirely against novel attack vectors like synthetic identity creation and deepfake social engineering.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Use natural dish scrubbers made from cellulose, coconut coir or loofah instead of synthetic sponges.—
Ryan Brennan
May 11,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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The bot-detection firm Cyabra analyzed seven days of activity around the ad and determined that 15 percent of the TikTok accounts commenting on it were fake but had created a disproportionately large percentage of the uproar.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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To return the favor, Graham proposes a fake dating scheme with Wells to make her crush, singer Justin Kohl (Josh Heuston), jealous.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Operators will use a tactical battle management system, leveraging offboard sensor information, to direct a test interceptor vehicle toward the simulated threat.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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These simulated attacks are meant to be equally as convincing as the real ones.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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The jeers were not heard at home thanks to the sound-selecting tech that replaces the boos with artificial cheers.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Rescuing utopian idyll from dystopian reality, Koreeda determines that humanity is too fragile to forfeit its defining qualities to a mechanical species; that our only viable function in an artificial tomorrow is as the eternal caretakers of memory and imagination.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Earlier this month, Dickson shared images of dummy units for the foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro, and 18 Pro Max.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
27 Apr. 2026
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The prop gun, which Baldwin believed to contain dummy rounds, actually had a live round of ammunition in it.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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On May 14, Dana Williamson, a former top aide to Newsom and onetime Becerra political adviser, pleaded guilty in federal court after accepting a plea deal to multiple charges, including committing bank and wire fraud, filing a false tax return, and lying to the FBI.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Dana Williamson, former top aide to Newsom, pleaded guilty in an FBI corruption probe to bank fraud, filing a false tax return and lying to the FBI.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The sprawling 85-acre facility used to train Atlanta’s police and firefighters includes a mock gas station, a train track with several rail cars, a firehouse, a horse stable, a seven-story burn tower and a 28-lane indoor shooting range.—
Shaddi Abusaid,
AJC.com,
12 May 2026
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Adding the appropriate gothic touch to this Debra Hill production are John Lloyd’s dripping-with-mock-Victorian-splendor sets and John Morris’ delightfully tongue-in-cheek score.—
Kirk Ellis,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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“Faux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faux. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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