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a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
although she was deeply bored, she maintained a masquerade of polite interest as her guest droned on
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masquerades
Noun
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Cross Prime Video, leader of all dad-TV shows, released a trailer for Cross season two.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2025 -
The actor has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows since then, including appearances on Anger Management, Star, Snowfall, and The Young and the Restless.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For a culture like ours, which so closely equates value with productivity, this disruption poses an existential threat as much as an economic one.—
Jane Marie Chen,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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This announcement poses a threat to CVS ' core pharmacy business, which stands at the center of its one-stop-shop retail health-care model.—
Jeff Marks,Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bad actors can take on all kinds of guises—including pretending to be lawyers.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Brit star David Mitchell picked up a best actor nomination for his turn as a socially awkward puzzle-maker who impersonates his missing detective twin brother, in BBC hit Ludwig, with the show also scoring a best comedy nom.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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An evil twin hotspot is a wireless network that impersonates a legitimate one by copying its name, also known as the SSID.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Overture Center for the Arts, whose grand architecture blends a modern glass wing with original, early 20th-century facades, houses multiple performance spaces and galleries.—
Peter Cameron,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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With their pastel-pretty facades and flower box gardens that residents tend to with utmost care, the colorful alleys of Villefranche-sur-Mer are made for impromptu Instagram shoots.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a particularly poignant moment in the film, Jiang stands by the window at night and pretends to capture and punch the shadow of a security guard downstairs.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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The label is applied when a teen pretends or forces himself to present in this way just to win the romantic attention of the young women around him.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Harold is so clearly not a great man that his pretenses feel more like cries for help.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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They were arraigned on Friday in Brockton District Court on one count each of larceny over $1,200 by false pretenses, embezzlement, and conspiracy.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In the show, Addison Rae plays one of Gein's victims — Evelyn Hartley, a bright, small-town babysitter whose mysterious disappearance becomes a key thread in the series.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The designer has made the space feel like home down to the finishing touches such as the custom doorbell that plays a message from Beckham.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Masquerades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerades. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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