Thesaurus results for PASSING (FOR)

passing (for)

verb

Definition of passing (for)

present participle of pass (for)

as in pretending

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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Nothing good, presumably, though Terry is at least pretending to be interested in Bret’s script.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Forgiveness did not require rewriting history or pretending the experience had been enjoyable.

— Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of pretending

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However, that process would require a lot of extra work for scrapers that currently just pull down the raw HTML source code of billions of webpages as plaintext, without going to the trouble of simulating a browser’s rendering pipeline.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
In addition to simulating the dispersal of defense production, Taiwan is throttling the island’s mobile network to show civilians what happens when internet services are disabled.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of simulating

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His immediate tasks since assuming the top job have been sustaining momentum in Disney's core growth areas, namely its theme parks and streaming divisions.

— Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
In a sense, the proof shows that a world in which love never returns is a world whose geometry tears itself apart—assuming, of course, the proof holds up.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

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The sanctioning body also announced earlier this week that North Wilkesboro Speedway, after putting on its first Cup race in 30 years, will go back to hosting the NASCAR All-Star Race in 2027.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026
In terms of returning for the new reboot of the series, Electra is open to putting on the iconic red one-piece once again, since her former love interest on the show, David Chokachi has signed on to return.

— Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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