Thesaurus results for IMPERSONATES

impersonates

verb

present tense third-person singular of impersonate

as in mocks

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher

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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 impersonates Secure your email account before someone impersonates you A strong, unique password helps protect your email. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 When his detective twin brother, James, disappears, Ludwig impersonates him to help his sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), solve the mystery. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026 The first stage puts its payload inside an app bundle that impersonates real components built into macOS. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 But only male pilots can apply—so Wooram goes full Twelfth Night and impersonates her twin brother Boram, with his blessing. — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 Like that video where Bryan Cranston impersonates Art Garfunkel at Central Park, and his bouffant gets bigger every time the camera cuts back. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026 Those that fear dust mites and other allergens will be pleased to know this $40 pick from Quince impersonates hotel luxury pillows without the goose down or the price point. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026 When an escaped Eleven finds her way to a diner (the image of a bald Brown in a hospital gown shoving fries into her mouth is indelible), Brenner’s team impersonates social services, kills the kind proprietor, but fails to apprehend her. — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025 The scam impersonates Walmart and claims someone has made an expensive PS5 order through the user’s account. — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025

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Ultron bristles at the client’s obvious power over Jocasta and mocks him as melodramatic and desperate.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
Continue reading … PULLING THE STRINGS — Bruce Blakeman mocks Hochul as 'puppet' of socialist Mamdani.

— , FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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Three plays later, Austin Simmons hit Cayden Lee, who got blasted by a Longhorn defender and fumbled to set up the game-sealing Texas TD.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026
Pitre plays a key role in the as the nickel cornerback, and his versatility at the position is somewhat irreplaceable in DeMeco Ryans’ scheme.

— Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of plays

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The emulator is a piece of software that imitates a Game Boy.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2026
After a long chase Rama is able to kill the deer with his arrow, but, before dying, Maricha imitates Rama’s voice and cries out for Sita and Lakshmana.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of imitates

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Republican hopes for keeping the presidency will be shaped by how the current president performs in the final two years of his second term.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
On top of that, Medicare will pay less when a doctor sees a patient and performs a minor procedure, like a biopsy, at the same visit.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of performs

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The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Another image depicts a nude girl in a room that appears to be part of a motel chain in the Philippines, federal investigators said.

— Max Foster, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of depicts

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In a recent Science study, researchers show that the Laurentide reached its smallest size about 3,600 years ago, then started re-expanding roughly 2,000 years ago, which the team interprets as the opening move of the next glaciation.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
For one, estrogen helps regulate how the nervous system interprets pain signals.

— Cheyenne Buckingham, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

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