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passes (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pass (for)

as in pretends

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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At one point, though, Jon Hamm does the voice of the mayor but there’s a robot who pretends to be him and is essentially wearing a mayor-skin suit.

— Marah Eakin, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
And Brand New Day pretends to tell that story, for about 20 minutes.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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Basic infrastructure, something everything else assumes is there and arguably closer to a right than a product.

— Satya Vandrangi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The Hulu sports comedy stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday, a disgraced former college football star who assumes the fake identity of Chad Powers — donning prosthetics and all — to have a second chance at a football career.

— Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026

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If the foreground star has a planet orbiting it, the planet’s gravity also affects the light from the distant star.

— Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
The rare condition restricts the movement of the eye, and usually only affects one eye — according to the NHS.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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