feinting

present participle of feint

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • If pollen allergies frustrate you, Kumar recommends masking up to be outside, just like how people used to wear masks indoors during COVID’s peak.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
  • With their power suits masking their neverending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting, and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe.
    Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Nvidia’s Omniverse allows users to put together world scenes digitally, simulating a physical environment.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to large-scale data theft, economic disruption, and intelligence breaches, quantum computers could be used for malicious purposes such as simulating and synthesizing chemical weapons or optimizing the flight trajectories of a swarm of drones.
    Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Feinting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feinting. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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