Thesaurus results for PASSES OFF

passes off

verb

present tense third-person singular of pass off

as in wishes

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire

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Recent Examples of passes off If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025

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Psychoanalytic concepts—projection, attachment, wishes and wish fulfillment—loom large.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Julia and Emma — who is the daughter of the Ticket to Paradise actress’ brother, Eric Roberts — have a close bond, referencing each other in interviews over the years and exchanging birthday wishes and sweet posts on social media over the years.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

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The legislation imposes new work, eligibility and certification restrictions on Medicaid recipients that is projected to cut nearly $800 billion from Medicaid health insurance program for poor Americans over the next decade.

— Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Still, a traditional blockade risks escalation and imposes extensive military costs on China.

— Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026

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In the end, the young cockroaches proved so resilient because Modi’s regime of control had no punishment or humiliation to threaten them with beyond what the system already inflicts on them every day.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
The media usually get Black femicide wrong Another problem surrounding intimate partner homicide inflicts its harms after death.

— Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026

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