1
as in disguising
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 concealing
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 masking
Fangio entered the 2025 season masking his talent gap at CB2 by having Mitchell on the opponents’ top receivers.
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
In Discretion, which has an eight-episode order, Lenny (Fanning), a summer associate at a prestigious Dallas law firm, uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
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
For decades, regenerative medicine has held the promise of repairing the body at its deepest level — not simply masking symptoms, but addressing the root causes of decline, injury, and disease.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
What lingers as the end credits roll is Daniel Day-Lewis’ noble face — full of sorrow, resentment, guilt and shame, emotions that Ray spends much of the early action masking in hardened indifference.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
As an alliance grew between senators and financial powers, public figures began profiting from real-estate speculation, slave trading, and overseas plunder—while masking their involvement.
—Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Officials are asking locals to consider masking up in some settings, like crowded, indoor gatherings — and get the jab.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
In Discretion, which has an eight-episode order, Lenny (Fanning), a summer associate at a prestigious Dallas law firm, uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
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
For decades, regenerative medicine has held the promise of repairing the body at its deepest level — not simply masking symptoms, but addressing the root causes of decline, injury, and disease.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
What lingers as the end credits roll is Daniel Day-Lewis’ noble face — full of sorrow, resentment, guilt and shame, emotions that Ray spends much of the early action masking in hardened indifference.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2025
As an alliance grew between senators and financial powers, public figures began profiting from real-estate speculation, slave trading, and overseas plunder—while masking their involvement.
—Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Officials are asking locals to consider masking up in some settings, like crowded, indoor gatherings — and get the jab.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masking
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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
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On disguising combination moves behind an initial setup.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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These participants, who, like those in our COVID-19 study, prioritized a symbolic show of strength, were more likely to believe in other kinds of misinformation and conspiracies, too, such as that the government is concealing evidence of alien contact.—
Abraham Rutchick,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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What begins as a crime caper morphs into an unexpected rom-com as Jeff spends more time with Leigh’s family and even joins her local church, all while concealing his real identity and living behind a display of bicycles at Leigh’s workplace.—
Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 2025
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In their nine years working together, the decorators have developed their own sleight of hand, cleverly camouflaging pragmatic choices as strictly aesthetic ones.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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Defense camouflaging more blemishes than Revlon.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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The health department redacted a portion of the letter that placed Bookman on leave, obscuring any explanation of what officials were investigating.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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His reflective blue shades were perched atop a baseball cap, obscuring much of his face.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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In December 1978, Gacy confessed to kidnapping, raping and murdering dozens of boys and men, some as young as 14 years old, and hiding many of their bodies in a crawl space under the house.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Unlike a killer hiding in the woods, a guy who gets you in your dreams is literally impossible to hide from, and watching our plucky heroine Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) trying to resist sleep presents a new kind of awful torture.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Gibson recalls how the original idea was to create a pre-colonial film or series first, covering different narratives about largely obscure figures from across Africa.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Jacoby Easter led the team with 47 rushing yards, while Portley finished with three touchdowns on just three carries covering nine yards.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
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Pocketbook issues – high prices of goods, inflation and possible weakening in the labor market – are suppressing sentiment.—
Joanne Hsu,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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This group includes patients undergoing cancer treatment, transplant recipients and individuals taking immune-suppressing medications.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Masking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masking. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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