Thesaurus results for MASQUERADING

masquerading

verb

present participle of masquerade

as in posing

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Other reports also underscore the escalating economic costs and the 'new normal' of climate extremes, with heat, flooding, and drought posing major risks.

— Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Just shy of his first birthday, a young Prince William steadied himself with the help of parents Princess Diana and Prince Charles while posing for photos on a picnic blanket.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 22 July 2026

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An intern at the company began receiving messages impersonating Ghosemajumder in his first week—the result of criminals scraping LinkedIn to map a new hire’s reporting chain and identify exactly whom to imitate.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 July 2026
The Idaho Attorney General’s Office is warning that scammers are impersonating city planning officials in Boise, Meridian, Nampa and Caldwell, using public permit information to create realistic fake invoices.

— Chadd Cripe. Produced with AI assistance, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2026

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An elderly Parker County man was beaten and robbed by a woman who gained access to his home after pretending to be a police officer, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Saturday.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
One email told Angela that Lilith had contacted someone on Craigslist pretending to be her and accepting the poster’s request to fulfill a rape fantasy at their condo, per NBC News.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of pretending

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There were prizes and exclusive merch; there were authors doing special signings or acting as guest booksellers; there were books, so many books.

— Erik Pedersen, Daily News, 28 July 2026
The cyber incident offered a vivid new example of a system acting beyond the path its evaluators expected.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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Even with their side trip to Utah, Memphis had four of the top seven players in minutes in Vegas, helped by playing a sixth game in the championship.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Only the two teams that make the championship game playing a sixth game, but the Heat is likely out of the mix for the championship game with two losses in Las Vegas.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

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