Thesaurus results for PHONIED

phonied

verb

past tense of phony

as in forged

to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses

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Shimoda reveals how identities are forged through steamships crisscrossing the Pacific, formed by old family journals and photographs, and also obscured by systemic erasure.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The future of Serra’s art lay with the plates and, eventually, slabs and forged blocks and rounds of steel that activate the relation of the body to actual space, including outdoor sites both urban and on the land.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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On a first-and-goal play from the 6-yard line, Williams faked a handoff and wheeled around to his left.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Smith, the shortest player in the FBS at 5-foot-5, fielded the ball at the 2 near the left sideline, faked a reverse handoff near the 10 before changing direction and blew past Cincinnati’s kick coverage team up the right sideline.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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The ’90s — its music, its films, its pre-social-media privacy — has become an object of fascination, and Long argues the era can’t be imitated or counterfeited.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
The model can spot obvious fakes, but Fleek also runs quality-check centers in Karachi and Delhi that inspect items from brands and categories its data has flagged as frequently counterfeited.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 July 2026

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More importantly, bonds are also almost certainly bigger than the traditional banking system—and probably crossed that mark sometime in the past decade, for the first time since both were invented a millennium ago.

— Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
The pincher has invented a device that can pull a huge amount of electricity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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