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
Indeed, the spirit of throwback pop metal lingered throughout Aldean’s set, right down to his faux vintage Def Leppard T-shirt.
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Significantly, Bain and Boyd decided against trying to pry open closed doors to social mobility in Britain and became faux Americans instead.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Subtle bits of faux wheat give it additional texture, and there’s an attached loop in the back for easy hanging.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
The flats are made from smooth faux leather and have a modern square toe and double straps — just like the pair Kruger wore.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Significantly, Bain and Boyd decided against trying to pry open closed doors to social mobility in Britain and became faux Americans instead.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Subtle bits of faux wheat give it additional texture, and there’s an attached loop in the back for easy hanging.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
The flats are made from smooth faux leather and have a modern square toe and double straps — just like the pair Kruger wore.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faux
Adjective
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Meanwhile, newer synthetic drugs such as spice or bath salts may not be detected at all without specialized equipment.—
Andrew Yockey,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Yoga 9i 2-in-1 placed second in Cinebench and fourth in Geekbench, two synthetic benchmarks that test CPU performance.—
Mark Coppock,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Colbert made several jokes about needing a job and even brought a fake resume with a youthful headshot of himself.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Nepalese government, citing concerns over fake accounts, hate speech, disinformation and fraud, said the measures were to ensure accountability and make operators responsible for content on their platforms.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His view aligns with ideas put forth by Gerard O’Neill, the late physicist and Princeton University professor who posited that humans should aspire to live in gargantuan space stations that orbit close to home and spin to provide simulated gravity.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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In these trials, a DJI M300 drone carried a defibrillator in response to a simulated 999 call.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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To address these challenges, the Institute of Energy carried out research on the steady-state operation performance of China’s USD one-trillion ‘artificial sun’ fusion reactor.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vote as many times as you’d like until then without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The increasingly popular use of void years — dummy years to spread the cap hit beyond a contract’s expiration — magnifies the effect.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The idea is to build a test bed that incorporates six control drums on the periphery of a dummy reactor.—
David Szondy
September 10,
New Atlas,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The false assurance was more than a slip.—
Eric Tucker,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), was released from prison earlier this year, having been jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Whose idea was this, and what kinds of settler-colonial relations does this mock holdup invert?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sweater My grandmother also purchased this 100 percent cashmere mock-neck sweater to have on hand in case the weather requires an extra layer.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Faux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faux. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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