personated

past tense of personate
as in played
to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was

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Verb
  • McAvoy and Lindholm played just 50 and 17 games, respectively; Brandon Carlo got dealt to division rival Toronto; Zadorov never quite lived up to his beefy new deal; and youngster Lohrei struggled with too heavy of a load too soon as the carnage unfolded around him.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The unconventional thriller played like gangbusters to the buzzing New York crowd.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • In an interview with CNN, D’Agostino described being forced to sit or kneel on concrete in front of an Israeli flag for hours at a time, being left in cold temperatures with little clothing, having his belongings seized, mocked and destroyed and having his wrists bound tightly.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Puerto Rican rapper and Saturday Night Live host Bad Bunny mocked right-wing backlash to his upcoming Spanish-only Super Bowl halftime show, and started the countdown clock for anyone who doesn’t know the language.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • The account that had impersonated him, after blowing up on @joma_gc, deactivated and removed all of its information from the page.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • According to The Cut, Tami also impersonated Kendra for her last Halloween party, dressing as a scarecrow in a prison jumpsuit paired with a mask of her mugshot and phones clutched in its hands.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Various lawmakers have since imitated this tactic even less convincingly.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Painted in turquoise and amber colors, the bunker imitated post WWII minimalism and Bauhaus, noted Vancouver Media’s Abdón Alcañiz, art director, physical production.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Both deaths are portrayed in the show.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Sleepy Hollow Cemetery To ring in the spooky season, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery hosts an array of special events, including a murder mystery bash and evenings with Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe (who are portrayed by local storytellers).
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • The lawsuit says the deputies acted without probable cause, and the case was settled with Solano County.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But then, the globe-trotting tour acted as years of promo for the fans who weren't lucky enough to catch Swift's career-spanning show live, whereas the Life of a Showgirl film was announced a mere two weeks ago.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Personated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personated. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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