impostures

plural of imposture

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impostures
Noun
  • Worries about fictions created by artificial intelligence used to prepare legal documents have plagued the legal community for the past few years, as the public’s infatuation with the generative technology has grown.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This isn’t just shot in black-and-white, thus resembling the 1960 meta-commentary on American crime thrillers and pulp fictions in all its monochromatic glory.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meta’s model leaked just two years ago and seeded an ecosystem of imitations and refinements that moved faster than any licensing system.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But Swift’s work with Jack Antonoff slipped into a too-reliable throwback synth-pop aesthetic that doesn’t feel fresh after years of iterations and imitations.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • China expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition, and has lodged stern representations and strong protests with the Japanese side.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • According to French law, the dissemination of representations of a pedopornographic nature via an electronic communications network is punishable by sentences of up to seven years imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 euros, or $115,500.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime said in a May report that women from more than 20 African countries had been recruited under false pretences to make drones for Russia’s war.
    Reuters 16 hr ago, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The audience meets Charles, who is completing yet another stint in jail, this time for false pretenses and evading arrest.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • To understand the lens’s effect on pulse shape, scientists ran simulations.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The team carried out multiple simulations to see if the injuries could have been sustained through other activities during the dinosaurs’ daily lives, like accidentally stepping on each other’s tails, muscular strain during motion, fighting, being hunted, feeding or walking.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Only when Mamdani appeared with him did opponents resurrect insinuations tying the imam to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
    Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Paul Thomas Anderon’s newest movie is very much a comedy, but Hall is mostly on hand during its graver political insinuations.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Row between stores The backlash towards Shein has extended beyond demonstrations on the street and government probes.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Those demonstrations suggest incremental competence in manipulation and perception, rather than the extreme agility emphasized by Atlas.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Tuckman also said Team Bahamas’ festive costumes and dancing displays were memorable.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Scott Ford, who was walking in Ault’s group, said that the new lighting system can be used yearround and programmed for seasonal and holiday displays.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Impostures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impostures. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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