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as in to portray
to present a portrayal or performance of
interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town
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Recent Examples of impersonate
Scammers are getting better at impersonating trusted sources.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Dishonest actors can impersonate TSA PreCheck websites or officials, according to The Street.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Anyone with a laptop can log on and create content to impersonate a business in minutes.
—Daniel Shapiro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
We've been made aware of phishing attempts impersonating a Department of Labor employee.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 July 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Dishonest actors can impersonate TSA PreCheck websites or officials, according to The Street.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Anyone with a laptop can log on and create content to impersonate a business in minutes.
—Daniel Shapiro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
We've been made aware of phishing attempts impersonating a Department of Labor employee.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonate
Verb
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Although Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis had a cutthroat rivalry in Black Swan, life did not imitate art for the actresses, despite Darren Aronofsky‘s best attempts.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
15 Aug. 2025
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The fake pool has been designed to imitate the uppermost twenty feet of the real one as closely as possible, down to the contours of its sides, which are made not from rock but from plastic foam sealed with fibreglass.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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American leaders and commentators often portrayed international adversaries in unflattering and discursive brushstrokes.—
Time,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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South Park went after Homeland Security on its social media pages and made Vice President JD Vance a key target in the latest episode, portraying him toddler-sized next to Trump.—
Joshua Sammons,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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The event’s host, the actress Florence Foresti, openly mocked the movie’s prominence there.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Protestors were seen holding banners and placards expressing their frustration about Vance and the wider U.S. administration, as well as mocking the vice president.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Indianapolis Colts are playing against the Baltimore Ravens in the 7 p.m. EDT slot followed by the Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals at 7:30 p.m. EDT and the Las Vegas Raiders and Seattle Seahawks at 10 p.m. EDT.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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For the 2006 film, Anika Noni Rose played Lorrell, Beyoncé played Deena, and Hudson played Effie.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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When culture starts performing alignment instead of living it, most companies reach for fixes: tighter messaging, new values, more playbooks.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The top 10 will then perform on the main 816 Day stage.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Meta’s guidelines declared that depicting adults, including the elderly, receiving punches or kicks was acceptable.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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His work, in turn, was a bronze version of a colorful fountain made of cement, also depicting the three kneeling women, and which, from 1931 to 1965, had been on display at the center of Morelia.—
Eric Adler
August 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Many have interpreted this deal, in particular the 10% stake, as a back-end way for ESPN to guarantee proximity to its most valuable content partner.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The brain activates visuospatial processing zones and interprets content as physically present.—
Olya Osokina,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In 2024-2025 the lodge stayed open for the winter, doing events like winemaker dinners.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Russia has a 50-year goal, to re-unite parts of the old Soviet Union; Ukraine has a more immediate goal, to stop the war and not give up any territory to do so.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Impersonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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