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as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
his unexpected friendliness is just a mask, for he always has an ulterior motive
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as in to disguise
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the federal agents masked their surveillance vehicle so that it looked like an ordinary moving van
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as in to conceal
to keep secret or shut off from view
masked his real motives for wanting to see the house that was for sale
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Recent Examples of mask
Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
The evidence that Song was the shooter comes from a green mask the assailant wore from which samples that tested positive for Song’s DNA were taken and from interviews with cooperating sources, FBI Special Agent Clark Wiethorn testified at the hearing.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
And elsewhere protesters have used the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta and masks from The Joker movies.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
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Noun
And elsewhere protesters have used the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta and masks from The Joker movies.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
The evidence that Song was the shooter comes from a green mask the assailant wore from which samples that tested positive for Song’s DNA were taken and from interviews with cooperating sources, FBI Special Agent Clark Wiethorn testified at the hearing.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
If the government shutdown stretches into next week, fresh inflation figures will go unreported, masking price levels in the midst of rising costs.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
And elsewhere protesters have used the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta and masks from The Joker movies.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mask
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Key crew creatives include director of photography Feliksas Abrukauskas, production designer Ramūnas Rastauskas, costume designers Jolanta Rimkutė and Dovilė Cibulskaitė, and make-up artist Jurgita Globytė.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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TikTok has also fueled interest in colorful beetle and moth costumes, with creators showing off bold, iridescent patterns and playful, over-the-top designs.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Oct. 2025
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Atlanta traded her short courthouse dress for an A-line strapless lace gown and floor-length veil for the second celebration in Italy.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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The veil having been brusquely lifted from his eyes, Blair eventually left the service.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The polycarbonate shell is designed with impact-absorbing flexibility, while the ridged exterior helps disguise any surface scratches.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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According to investigators, the occupants were seeking to enter the country to find work and had set sail from Weihai, Shandong Province, disguising themselves as anglers with fishing rods.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The creamy, ultra-pigmented formula contains caffeine and hyaluronic acid to depuff the under eyes, conceal dark under eye circles, and blur fine lines and wrinkles.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some incarcerated men even accused officers of sending people to the SHU to conceal their own abuses.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Louise Donegan, my wife, [has] been working on my look for a couple of years, like the cloak thing.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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But Lucas, who wore clip-on pointy ears along with his costume of a brown cloak.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When under-bed storage is a must, Jordan Winston, cofounder of Oxford Design in Tampa, looks to a bed skirt to camouflage any shoe organizers or containers for seasonal clothes that may be hiding under the bed.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
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Trillions of dollars are being poured into helping AI camouflage itself with our language.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In addition to being faster and scalable, fiber doesn’t hide metals worth extracting and reselling.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Turns out, Kelce was hiding more than just nerves.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Some wear kittles, white burial shrouds, to signify repentance, according to History.—
Krys'tal Griffin,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Moraes developed computer models to simulate draping a sheet on both a 3D human form and a bas-relief carving to test which version most closely matched the figure preserved in the shroud.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mask. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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