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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
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
Police described the suspects as two men in their late teens or early 20s wearing all-black clothing and masks.
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Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Alex Krasnok,
Scientific American,
25 June 2026
Yet, all of these arguments mask the owners’ true intentions.
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Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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Noun
Since the mask has a cooling effect, consider using it after sun exposure.
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Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
Police described the suspects as two men in their late teens or early 20s wearing all-black clothing and masks.
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Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Verb
Traffic, wind and temperature can mask vibration changes.
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Alex Krasnok,
Scientific American,
25 June 2026
Yet, all of these arguments mask the owners’ true intentions.
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Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mask
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News how his costume took a toll on his body.
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In one photo, Affleck holds a young Seraphina in a baby carrier while holding hands with Violet, and in another, Affleck wears a Batman costume while holding son Samuel.
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The veils of the universe have thinned.
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Lipa also wore a six-metre tulle wedding veil that was also hand-embroidered with beads and feathers.
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And, to further disguise the motivation behind these ads, the AI issue isn’t even mentioned.
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But there is every reason to think that without a regular supply of people walking through, deliberately carrying guns and bombs through that have been disguised, that airport-security people just cannot remain vigilant for it.
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The defendants and their co-conspirators—which included tax, accounting and financial industry professionals, and law firms—worked to design, implement and defend the tax shelter transactions in ways intended to conceal the true facts and circumstances of the transactions from the IRS.
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One of the defendants, Daniel Sanchez Estrada, was convicted of corruptly concealing a document and conspiracy to conceal documents.
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Throughout premodern Europe, this is how she was known—the figure in the cloak with a stool on her back, walking to houses at all hours, day and night.
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Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).
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It can be used as a concealer, contour, or foundation, has medium coverage, is pore-blurring, texture-smoothing, and imperfection-camouflaging.
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Copperheads are well camouflaged, and operate as sit-and-wait predators.
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Turns out, a kid brought in with gunshot wounds died in that room the same night, and a final look at the security footage shows a mysterious third man — clearly hiding his face from all cameras under a label-less baseball cap — entering the same room around the same time as Ji.
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Stealth jurors — those who hide their true biases to influence a verdict — could pose a serious problem for prosecutors in either of Mangione's cases, Rahmani said.
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Smoke from a Boyle Heights warehouse fire shrouds Dodger Stadium in acrid haze before the Dodgers’ 12-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
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Silver and predatory birds aside, Silver and eagles aside, the shoe features a black leather and mesh region beneath the shroud with a red Jumpman.
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“Mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mask. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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