impersonates

verb

present tense third-person singular of impersonate
1
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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2
as in plays
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 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 If targets dispute the claims, they are transferred to another caller, who impersonates Chinese law enforcement. — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025 Friedland then impersonates his grandmother’s South African accent, to Kind’s delight. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonates
  1. mocks
  2. plays
  3. imitates
  4. portrays
  5. performs
  6. depicts
  7. interprets
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
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  • How Fiber Impacts Sleep Fiber plays many important roles in health, such as regulating blood lipid levels, promoting regular bowel movements, and fueling the growth of beneficial bacteria in your gut.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 July 2026
  • This Tom Holland isn’t the famous actor who plays Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s new movie.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
Definition of plays
Verb
  • The undulating roofline imitates the Allegheny Mountains, and 38 steel columns create a canopy reminiscent of the region's forests, Prix Versailles says.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • My mother imitates me, then converts the word into a pair of Korean syllables that sound most like the German.
    — Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Definition of imitates
Verb
  • His pioneering work on the colonial bar portrays a profession living through extraordinary uncertainty.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The summer’s political bestseller portrays him as a figure whose transformative potential has been utterly derailed by hubris.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of portrays
Verb
  • If a model itself performs well but no one defines who owns the false positives after launch, every alert turns into a debate instead of a decision.
    — Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • The franchise depicts a future where good people want to do good, are endlessly curious, believe in justice and diplomacy and strive to maintain peace.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes depicts a Greek mythological scene during the Trojan War in which the hero Achilles has been hidden by his mother, the sea nymph Thetis, on the island of Skyros.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of depicts
Verb
  • When a model reasons about revenue, that concept needs to carry the same meaning whether the agent pulls from a data warehouse, queries a CRM or interprets a downstream report.
    — Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Operators assign a destination, and the onboard software plans routes, interprets terrain, and controls the vehicle without continuous human input.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
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