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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Born in New York to Nigerian parents, Folarin Balogun speaks with a British accent, courtesy of a childhood largely forged in England.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026 -
Her tolerance for the job was forged early by starting out as a child actor at age 11.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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Miguel Andujar hit a light chopper to third baseman Alec Bohm, who faked a throw to first and Tatis was tagged out in a rundown to end the inning.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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But in the final scene, Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard) tells a story about how Eleven secretly faked her death and is living peacefully somewhere.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Although Edeme never claimed to have invented the technique, she has widely been credited as the person who brought the style back into the fore.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Mark Mitchnick, a pediatrician who invented transparent zinc oxide, which is known under the brand Z-Cote, said bemotrizinol will give chemists a new tool to make sunscreens that people will want to wear.—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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“Phonied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phonied. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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