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.
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Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passes off
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Demna embedded his Chinese New Year wishes within a series of La Famiglia campaigns.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Community members can send balloons and Valentine wishes to residents of the DuPage Care Center in Wheaton as part of an annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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To retreat now, as the regime imposes silence and martial law, is abandonment.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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Absent reasonable testing thresholds, Sams contends, the sport invites needless controversy and imposes unnecessary hardship on its participants.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Leadership that dismisses or undermines inclusion inflicts real harm on students, faculty, and staff.—
Wanda James,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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The virus inflicts acute gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach or intestines — on people of all ages in the United States, the CDC said.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Passes off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passes%20off. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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