masquerader

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Noun
  • New York fans easily outnumbered Cleveland fans as die-hard celebrity fans director Spike Lee, comedian Tracy Morgan and actor Timothée Chalamet and his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, made the trip.
    Joe Reedy, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • When women were asked, 39% said there are not enough films being made that feature female actors over 60 as a lead character.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • The tension between the two boils over into a confrontation which only Eisenhower can adjudicate, a task complicated by his own arrogant British subordinate, a wiry and dislikable General Bernard Montgomery - played with a villainous verve bordering on the pantomime by Damian Lewis.
    Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • Service is vivacious almost to the point of pantomime.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Get paid, hang out like the rest of these posers.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Hey, none of you posers got any caprese sandwiches, right?
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This revelation resonated with many maskers and instigated a shift in the culture fueled by intellectual and historical curiosity.
    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
Noun
  • And these are now increasingly fragile as a result of global unrest, climate change and a host of imitators.
    Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 19 May 2026
  • The dish everyone comes for is the spicy rigatoni vodka, a plate that’s launched a thousand imitators across the country.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Demoustier holds her nose and mimes gagging.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • In person, the audience sips cocktails and witnesses top-notch side acts that cleanse the palate between improv blocks, with a mix of nationally touring stand-up, mimes, musicians and more.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Kingdom was a continuation of the trilogy produced starting in 2011 that rebooted the franchise and focused on the rise of the ape leader known as Caesar.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • The mammoth-bone huts represent a level of architectural skill that sets them apart from the instinctive nest building of our ape ancestors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • My first visit was in 1995 for a retrospective of 19th century Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte.
    David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Upstairs, impressionists, writers, socialites, and painters who moved in Proust’s orbit, from Sarah Bernhardt to Emile Zola and Claude Monet, lent their names to a room or suite.
    Lindsey Tramuta, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Masquerader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerader. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.

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