masquerader

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Noun
  • Rogue actors are one of several concerns.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Does the answer lie instead in Hollywood—the gift of an epic project that fully captures the American experience without literally being American Experience, crafted by homegrown talent and brought to life by America’s favorite performers (British actors who learned the accent by watching Friends)?
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 June 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
  • There’s nothing catastrophically wrong with her eponymous protagonist: Lucy seems nice enough, has a distinct sense of style, and is witty enough to keep up with her very New York friend group that contains a healthy mix of genuine achievers and very cool posers.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
  • Much like how the Supreme collection adds Salem’s subterranean style to the closets of Depop posers, Red Dragon functions as a gallery of their rarest music for newcomers to gaze upon.
    Eli Enis, Pitchfork, 21 May 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
  • Steven Spielberg's dino masterpiece — which has spawned six sequels and countless imitators — ushered in a new wave of CGI filmmaking and became an instant sensation beyond what original author Michael Crichton could ever have envisioned.
    Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
  • Their clothes inspired imitators.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 9 June 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
  • From the human perspective, that’s the rough equivalent of another great-ape species surviving for more than a millennium.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • The 59-year-old's criticisms included questioning how Kara Zor-El's ears could be pierced if her skin is bulletproof, and being amused after someone online compared Alcock's appearance to an ape-looking character from Land of the Lost.
    Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The black and white photographs work especially well hung just a wall away from the Impressionists, many of who also work in black and white and concentrate on the slightest shadows.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2026
  • My first visit was in 1995 for a retrospective of 19th century Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte.
    David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Masquerader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerader. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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