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feinting

verb

present participle of feint

as in bluffing

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This, the team says, leads machines to make moves a human would only do while bluffing—and follow up on them much better than humans.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
As for the threats to pull up stakes, most people in 1934 thought Hollywood was bluffing.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of bluffing

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The lawsuit, organized by the attorneys general of 29 US states, alleged that Meta executives like Mark Zuckerberg created a system that abused data collected from minors, while feigning ignorance about the harms their platforms caused.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Patterson was accused of pretending to eat the same portion, and of feigning illness in an elaborate ruse to suggest she’d also been poisoned.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of feigning

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The new spot captures the viral social trend of disguising presents in unanticipated ways through a series of unexpected gift exchanges where the items are wrapped to look like something entirely different.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Seattle accomplishes this by masterfully disguising defensive assignments before the snap, which can force Mahomes to diagnose where to go with the football only after dropping back.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of disguising

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In dry regions, some frogs live inside ant nests to take advantage of the humid conditions, masking themselves in pheromones to evade detection by their ant hosts.

— Chris Elphick, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
Both options offer voice masking to ensure privacy by altering how your voice sounds on the other end.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of masking

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Some examples include importing a long spreadsheet of customer records, simulating how an accounting batch will affect the general ledger before posting it or previewing the impact of a transaction on a project budget.

— Steve Cangiano, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Back in 2016, in the turquoise waters of Tetiaroa island, Gagnon and Sachs were tasked with simulating the impact of rising levels of planet-heating pollution on a small patch of coral reef.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

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