impostures

plural of imposture

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Noun
  • Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
    Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026
  • The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • The films have spawned endless imitations, parodies and spinoffs, such as this week’s Verizon commercial featuring Myers and co-stars Seth Green, Mindy Sterling and Rob Lowe.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 June 2026
  • There’s even a great scene in Jaws when Scheider is just sitting with his son and his son starts doing imitations of him at the dinner table.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Visio is designed to help users create flowcharts, organizational charts, process maps, floor plans, network diagrams, and other visual representations of complex information.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
  • In addition to studying race and gender demographics in the film industry, the report also examined on-camera representations of disability.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Fernando Navarro, 53, of Minneapolis, is facing four counts of felony fraud for collecting nearly $70,000 in funds from Minnesota's medical assistance program under false pretenses.
    Riley Moser, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • However, according to Ryan, Hernandez was a fraud, allegedly seeking money under false pretenses.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Its drone warfare teams are now advising NATO nations (and regularly beating them in war game simulations).
    Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Using computer simulations, the research team found that pre-treating Molybdenum disulfide with oxygen or fluorine significantly improves control during the etching process.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Believing our conduct improper, the villagers began to make insinuations.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • But whatever one thinks of Massie’s anti-Israel activism and anti-Jewish insinuations, neither was the reason he was excised.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Why missile route planning matters According to demonstrations reported by European Defense Review (EDR), planning a modern cruise missile mission involves far more than simply entering target coordinates.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2026
  • Chaan Baan is the hub for cultural immersion programs that support village artisans, who lead saa paper-making workshops, indigo tie-dyeing classes, and pottery demonstrations.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • He was substituted again against the Italians, with his game in total contrast to that of Rossi’s, who delivered one of the greatest individual displays in the World Cup’s history.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 20 June 2026
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“Impostures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impostures. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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