masquerader

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Noun
  • The actor and longtime Knicks fan donned a blue suit with an orange tie on the red carpet.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 5 May 2026
  • Musician Beyoncé, actor Nicole Kidman and tennis star Venus Williams serve as co-hosts alongside magazine executive Anna Wintour, who has long spearheaded the event.
    Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • Talkative characters like the froggish Mallow and even Bowser himself are motor-mouthed and sarcastic, nigglingly mocking Mario for his inability to speak in anything other than nods and pantomimes.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Hey, none of you posers got any caprese sandwiches, right?
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Seek out the real meaning; don’t follow or emulate posers.
    Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 13 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
  • Baseball is a copycat league, and success breeds imitators.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.
    Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Rae’s setup was meticulous, maximalist, and totally unified—the boa made of hundred-dollar bills, the backup dancers who looked vaguely like mimes, the scaffolding that suggested Moulin Rouge!
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • As many clubs in the lower leagues look to ape the intricate build-up popularised by elite managers such as Pep Guardiola, have Bromley just demonstrated that long-ball football still works?
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The awards show is set for March 31, with stand-up comedian, actor and impressionist Matt Friend as host.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Masquerader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerader. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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