Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impostures
Noun
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It is rooted in the dehumanizing language and convenient fictions that precede acts of violence.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025 -
Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Residences’ partners insisted wood be wood, leather be leather, and plastic should never be a faux substitute because the ultra rich instantly spot imitations.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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They were arraigned on Friday in Brockton District Court on one count each of larceny over $1,200 by false pretenses, embezzlement, and conspiracy.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Since then, immigration raids have escalated — often under questionable pretenses.—
Sonia Banker,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are poems where bunnies and deer are characters, where fishsticks think and the moon speaks, where the speaker and representations of the speaker interact.—
Literary Hub
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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Both previous cinematic representations of Osborn — Dafoe in the original trilogy and Dane DeHaan in the TAS2 — have featured the character as white.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The international team ran over 250,000 computer simulations to test this ambitious hypothesis.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 1975, Manabe published global warming simulations with this quasi-global model and again found stratospheric cooling.—
Nadir Jeevanjee,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As noted last week, the Gaza conflict has been hyper-present in Venice, with two separate demonstrations on the Lido.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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One of the first demonstrations involved finance.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These include craft fairs, outdoor live music, pumpkin displays, chili cook-offs, s'mores and hot chocolate.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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It is said the bees gathered at the cemetery, resting on the tent over the grave and on the floral displays, returning to their hives after the service concluded.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The controversy highlights the growing tension over AI misuse and the need for stronger protections around celebrity likenesses.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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Others nicknamed him ‘Henry’ because of the likenesses between his game and that of World Cup winner Thierry Henry.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Impostures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impostures. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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