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Recent Examples of masker
This revelation resonated with many maskers and instigated a shift in the culture fueled by intellectual and historical curiosity.
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Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The anti-masker throws a punch and winds up with the other woman’s tooth in her fist.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Anti-maskers?
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
The maskers and their guests heralded Queen Rachel during the event, and the queen was seen onstage in the arena with various bands, including D Play and Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster.
—Michael Dumas, al, 16 Feb. 2023
Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The anti-masker throws a punch and winds up with the other woman’s tooth in her fist.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Anti-maskers?
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
The maskers and their guests heralded Queen Rachel during the event, and the queen was seen onstage in the arena with various bands, including D Play and Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster.
—Michael Dumas, al, 16 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masker
Noun
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Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Newsom became, by his own definition, a poser.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Clark would be the worst actor in the world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy accepted Andor‘s win for best science fiction television series, with Diego Luna wining best actor and Stellan Skarsgard winning best supporting actor.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The long-running music/movement/fantasy/comedy/mime/percussion performance spectacle took a hit last year when its standing companies in New York, Boston and Chicago all thumped their last drum full of blue paint.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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Slater is a virtuosic physical actor, and his evocation of the mime’s precision, silliness, and grace—the elastic faces, the acrobatic tumbles, the fingers that bloom into flowers, then wilt, then bloom again — is painstaking and loving in its observance.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In other words, reconstruction in Gaza will remain a cruel diplomatic pantomime, while millions of people huddle in tents waiting for the next humanitarian aid box.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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White pulled up in transition, tucking the ball toward his chin in a pantomime of his shot.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The first 100 guests that day get a free 305 bowl and can take photos with the brand’s ape mascot Manolo, who is modeled after the bored-looking ape of Castellanos’ NFT image.—
Connie Ogle
March 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Jared Taglialatela, director of the Ape Initiative and co-author of one of the ape studies, agrees.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Though Cox has a small role and Panettiere returns, the lack of legacy characters makes this feel like a cheap imitator at times.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar. 2026
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For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Don't monopolize oven space with a ham.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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Pit beef, smoked ham and turkey sides, desserts, bar, BYOB.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mimics tells the story of Sam, a struggling impressionist who makes a pact with a wicked puppet.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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The actor and impressionist, who has been with the show since 1989, has no idea what happens after that.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Masker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masker. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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