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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Non-linear conversational branching is just one more feature to remind you that an AI chatbot's simulated perspective is mutable, changeable, and highly guided by your own inputs in addition to the training data that forged its underlying neural network.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Meeting Byrne at his office was like getting a glimpse inside the psyche of an artist who has forged a sui generis career exploring music and storytelling in many different styles and forms, Aswad says.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ziva hid Tali from Tony initially and then faked her own death.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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As synthetic content grows more common, what can’t be faked grows more valuable.—
Rod Yancy,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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And long before movie night was a thing, Mesoamericans apparently invented popcorn, too.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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During his doctoral work at MIT with Stephen Buchwald, Liu invented new catalysts that allowed complex molecules to be built from simple building blocks.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Phonied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phonied. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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