personating

present participle of personate
as in mocking
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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  • The key to his performance is empathy — Early resists mocking Maddie or her struggles at every turn.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is all on top of the late-night TV and social media posts mocking him, countless Democrats campaigning against him, and endless news and opinion articles calling him everything from a felon to a rapist to a threat to democracy to Hitler.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Roughly $460,000 is returning to city coffers after officials became aware in July someone was impersonating Scherrer Construction, a company involved in the $38 million revamp of the public library on North King Drive.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • One of the latest involves impersonating local authorities.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though his interests were that of a pretty typical child — computing and gaming, playing the saxophone, enjoying soccer and time with his pets — he was also known for his acts of kindness and generosity.
    Lauren Costantino September 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Chiefs also were playing without rookie wide receiver Jalen Royals, who is recovering from an injury.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Painters and sculptors, most of them spend their careers imitating themselves, in a sense.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Paul fears art imitating life by also boiling down to breadline survival strategies.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • In the film — her first since portraying opera diva Maria Callas in last year’s Maria — the Oscar winner, 50, stars as Maxine, an American film director hired to make a video for a Paris fashion event amid being diagnosed with breast cancer and navigating a divorce.
    Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The museum's mission is to tell America's story by portraying people who shaped its history and culture.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • After both shows ended in 2014, Meyer focused on voice acting, lending his talents to SuperMansion (2015–2017), and Crossing Swords (2020).
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is the Oscar-winning director's first-ever acting Emmy nomination, and his daughter Francesca shared his emotional reaction to being nominated.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Personating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personating. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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