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
Crisp white linens and oversized beds add comfort, with faux-fur throws draped across them for texture.
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Each style comes in a variety of colors, soft faux leather and smooth faux suede.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Popular materials Many slippers for kids are made with polyester, faux shearling, microfiber or plush.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
We’re obsessed with this tomato-red jacket and these faux-leather leggings (which would make the perfect gym-to-coffee-run outfit, by the way).
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Each style comes in a variety of colors, soft faux leather and smooth faux suede.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Popular materials Many slippers for kids are made with polyester, faux shearling, microfiber or plush.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
We’re obsessed with this tomato-red jacket and these faux-leather leggings (which would make the perfect gym-to-coffee-run outfit, by the way).
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faux
Adjective
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The drugs included protonitazene and metonitazene, two synthetic opioids with respective potencies of 100 and 200 times more powerful than morphine, court documents say.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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By transforming ethanol into synthetic oils that can serve as HEFA feedstocks, the company’s technology could diversify and strengthen SAF production.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Federal Trade Commission issued an alert earlier in 2025 to encourage parents to talk to their children about the risks associated with responding to a fake text.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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To make Reen feel comfortable and truly welcomed, Long’s entire extended family wore fake tattoo sleeves to the reunion.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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The team tested the attacks on a simulated server, Windows PC, and Raspberry Pi device and found that AI-powered ransomware often succeeded in generating and carrying out the malicious instructions.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Just a straight, artificial line.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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On Wall Street, Friday’s heaviest weight on the stock market was Nvidia, the chip company that’s become the face of the artificial-intelligence boom.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ship, meanwhile, will aim to deploy eight dummy versions of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites, relight one of its six Raptor engines in space, and come down in the Indian Ocean about 66 minutes post-launch.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, the upper Starship spacecraft, which is designed to one day carry cargo or convoys of astronauts but will haul only dummy satellites for this mission, will continue flying through space.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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Representatives for James have called the fraud claims made against her politically motivated and false.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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On the next play, Taylor was called for a false-start penalty.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The conversations, of course, were mock for journalistic purposes.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The piping adds an athletic flair to the mock-neck sweater and sweatpant set, and small slits on the front of the hems add extra interest.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Faux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faux. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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