Thesaurus results for PERSONATED

personated

verb

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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Federal district judges, even at the risk of physical threats, played a key role by throttling unconstitutional White House efforts to seize state voting records, curtail mail-in voting and manipulate the count in Alaska.

— James D. Zirin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
That is underscored by the fact that Democrats also certainly played a role in getting the word out about Amendment 3.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

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That same year, democratic socialist upstarts Hugo Soto-Martínez and Eunisses Hernandez won City Council seats, despite a lack of support from Chicanosauruses who mocked their chances.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
With the annual Veterans Day observance being marked this week, perhaps veterans had their revenge after being mocked by the president and saw programs targeted for them stripped of funding.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

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Opposing them were Continental reënactors led by Sean Grady, of Westchester, who impersonated Colonel Glover impeccably, down to the Boston accent.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Also charged in the case was Kimberley Pifer, who allegedly impersonated Jett and married Von Ferdinand using Jett’s name, according to Stephan.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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Anglepoise invented the now ubiquitous and widely imitated adjustable-spring desk lamp in the nineteen-thirties.

— Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
There is a reason this movie is a classic, so often imitated and honored by other directors; Kubrick deftly marries the supernatural with the everyday, just as King does in his novels.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of imitated

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Song starred as London Tipton, daughter of hotel owner Wilfred Tipton; Lewis portrayed Marion Moseby, the manager of the hotel.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
Broadway‘s Purple Rain has cast Jordan Fisher in the lead role of The Kid, the very Prince-like character portrayed by very real Prince in the original 1984 film.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of portrayed

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During his time in Mexico, federal prosecutors allege, Gomez acted as an intermediary supplier of narcotics to multiple drug organizations, including Wedding’s.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
DeSantis and the Legislature acted in blatant defiance of that language.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

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