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as in camouflaged
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 concealed
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 masked
David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
The images of a masked person on Guthrie's porch match their description of a suspect.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Tara Suter, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
Authorities have not identified the individual, who is masked in the photos.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
In the video, the masked suspect approached Guthrie’s front door and used his gloved hand to cover the doorbell camera at one point.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
The images of a masked person on Guthrie's porch match their description of a suspect.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
The demands included that law enforcement no longer be masked and that roving patrols be ended.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
Authorities have not identified the individual, who is masked in the photos.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masked
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Playing a thinly disguised version of himself, Reynolds is, as Schneeberger and Neibaur point out, funny, exasperating, and moving, and Rifkin’s impeccable tailoring of the role to fit his star gives Reynolds a wonderful summation with which to end his career.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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As part of her exit interview for the disguised celebrity guessing game, Entertainment Weekly wanted to get her side of the story.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Feb. 2026
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The blind that Rhoades had set up in his Erie County cornfield was well-camouflaged.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
28 Jan. 2026
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Where that’s not possible, garages may be camouflaged in exceptionally creative screening.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
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The pressure to keep exile concealed—to keep it invisible—mounts when disclosing the reasons motivating the journey would put travelers at risk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Clarke and two others whose mothers also concealed their pregnancies from Nazi guards are among the youngest survivors of the Holocaust.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Other guests remain cloaked in mystery, which suited the experience fine.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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The new character, also called Six Ravens, will sometimes be portrayed as a black bird and other times as a mysterious, cloaked woman with a raven mask.—
Megan duBois,
Southern Living,
16 Jan. 2026
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Unfortunately, a lot of the homes near Guthrie's residence are far from the street and are obscured by shrubbery, Siminoff said, so collecting video data of cars on the road might be hard in this case.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The result of this was that the view of the ball was often obscured when shots went up.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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For a woman so shrouded in mystery of her own making, Trump seemingly always finds a way to surprise both fans and, yes, the critics.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Men gathered to pay their final respects, carrying the shrouded bodies through the streets before praying over them.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Backed by an eight-piece string section, Jones, in a flowing white outfit with pops of red, blue and green ‒ inspired by Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl look ‒ along with a white headband, closed her shaded eyes throughout the moving song.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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After days of bitter cold, temperatures in Oxford reached 70 degrees Friday, but chunks of ice still littered the ground in shaded areas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Another video recorded by straphangers aboard a train passing through the station shows the killer shove Dawodu, who collapses to the platform covered in blood.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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District officials say the decision will save $12 million and will put Broward in line with other school districts, many of which have never covered GLP-1 medications for weight loss.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Masked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masked. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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