Thesaurus results for PASS FOR

pass (for)

verb

Definition of pass (for)

as in to pretend

to present a false appearance of in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends

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The shooting prompted national media coverage, with news outlets in Georgia describing Brayden as an outgoing child and a fan of Spider-Man who loved playing as the superhero by pretending to shoot webs and jump around.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Honor isn't pretending that the Magic 9 can go toe-to-toe with Hollywood-grade camera rigs.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of pretend

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Part of the research assignment was to figure out how to more efficiently extract carbon from deep seawater and add it to the shallow water near the coral to simulate rising ocean acidity.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Some examples include importing a long spreadsheet of customer records, simulating how an accounting batch will affect the general ledger before posting it or previewing the impact of a transaction on a project budget.

— Steve Cangiano, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of simulate

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It was assumed that they had been caught in the blizzard, lost their way, got separated, and, finally, died in the snow.

— Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
However, the flight system encountered a technical fault when Fluctus misinterpreted air pressure fluctuations as a crash landing and prematurely declared an emergency apogee, assuming the rocket was beyond recovery.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

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Across Lower East Side dives in the early 2000s, Brian Chase, Nick Zinner, and Karen O put on otherworldly rock shows that verged on performance art—a blaze of vodka-spitting, mic-fellating, IDGAF unruliness and explosive, clamorous tracks.

— Megan Buerger, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Currently, these special taxes put on by voter signature gathering do not need to meet that threshold.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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