as in passing off
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me
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Ocean carriers are reacting in kind, passing off the war-risk premiums to their customers.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Gimbel attributed the practice of AI washing to companies passing off diminished margins and revenue from a failure to effectively navigate cautious consumers and geopolitical tensions to AI.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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An embassy statement said the land borders with Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey were open for individuals wishing to depart on their own.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Towns and cities wishing to dispose of snow in water must first notify DEEP’s Water Permitting and Enforcement Division.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
25 Feb. 2026
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Years before the building even took shape, the dialogue scripted a narrative where those suggesting teardowns were inflicting some cancer upon the urban landscape.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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In past escalations and cross-border exchanges of fire, Pakistan and Afghanistan have both repeatedly claimed to inflicting heavy losses on the other side.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The other bill — Senate Bill 102 — would offer no incentives, instead imposing regulations on all large data center development across the state.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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At the beginning of the revolution in Manbij, almost no one called for imposing Sharia.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Palming off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palming%20off. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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