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Recent Examples of masques
Not all sleep masks are created equal, and this adjustable eye mask from Manta is proof.
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Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
Heated electric sinus masks are typically controlled via a remote, which is attached to the heated electric sinus mask by wire.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
The federal judge’s ruling provides California with a clear legal pathway to ban masks for all law enforcement officers, including state officers, because the court determined that discrimination—not the mask ban itself—was unconstitutional.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2026
Heated electric sinus masks are typically controlled via a remote, which is attached to the heated electric sinus mask by wire.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
The federal judge’s ruling provides California with a clear legal pathway to ban masks for all law enforcement officers, including state officers, because the court determined that discrimination—not the mask ban itself—was unconstitutional.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masques
Noun
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Urgency masquerades as importance, and decisions get made from activation rather than alignment.—
Susan Parsons,
Forbes.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Bias masquerades as opinion, with no guidance and no intent to help.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Elaborate heritage festivals occur nearly every autumn weekend in the island’s interior.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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Bentley and Kwedar will also develop a slate with up-and-coming filmmakers selected from the world’s top festivals and film schools.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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His goal sparked wild celebrations inside St Mary’s, none more so than in the press box, where Southampton’s analysts, doing the opposite of keeping a low profile amid the allegations levelled at the club, were enthusiastically bouncing around.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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In the four years since Alpha Games, Okereke and the band have played a series of big shows as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations behind Silent Alarm.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
12 May 2026
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Following Friday’s pregame festivities, Pedro Martinez made his way up to the press box and said standing on the field with his fellow club legends gave him goosebumps.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko attended the festivities in the Russian capital.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Any number of other Knicks played the hero, willing the team to a gutsy victory, showing sudden grit after so many easy blowouts.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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The previous blowouts don’t matter — the games will start 0-0.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Noun
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LaPorta set the rookie tight end record for receptions in 2023 with 86 (the Las Vegas Raiders’ Brock Bowers shattered it a year later with 112).—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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Diggs led New England with 85 receptions and 1,013 yards receiving with four touchdowns in his only season with the team.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
Noun
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Wild and kitschy shows followed with opening fetes dedicated to colorful subjects including Andy Warhol, circus clowns, and Canadian television creators and puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft.—
Lina Lecaro,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The calendar fills with village fetes around this time of year, and none are brighter than February’s Combat Naval Fleuri (Floral Naval Battle) when the region’s traditional wooden fishing boats are decorated in golden mimosas and other winter blooms.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The New York City Ballet galas are famous, of course, for the performances by the dancers, but also for a blink-and-you-miss-it red carpet dash by Mick Jagger.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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Keep reading to see how eight Vogue editors dress for springtime galas.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
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“Masques.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masques. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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