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masquerading

verb

present participle of masquerade

as in posing

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Republicans have largely adhered to the president’s line about not posing any real imposition.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026
He was later seen posing, pointedly, in front of a Kraft Sports & Entertainment sign backstage.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of posing

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Colbert gifted Kimmel his Captain America shield, did a sketch-within-an-interview with his son impersonating a Kiwi police officer, and shaved for our amusement.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Researchers noticed that stores impersonating different companies shared technical characteristics.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of impersonating

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Brown's fourth-quarter touchdown celebration included putting his hand to his crotch and then to his face before pretending to pass out.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
If Gayle Newland had been a cis man who had seduced Miss X by pretending to be Kye Fortune, the case would have fallen outside the McNally principle, and Miss X would have had very little chance of having her complaint heard.

— S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pretending

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The Miami Hurricanes are back on the road and playing under the lights in a key Atlantic Coast Conference game.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
And his relatives in turn gave notes to the actors playing their younger selves and were encouraged to interrogate Ba as his coming-of-age story was dramatized.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

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