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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playacted
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Elordi, 28, posed for photos solo ahead of the screening of director Guillermo del Toro's latest film.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Even before Bohm’s IL stint had been announced, former Phillies GM and current broadcaster Ruben Amaro posed the idea of promoting Miller after Turner went down.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Checks drawn from an IRA account and made out to the charity, either by the account holder or the IRA custodian, are considered qualified charitable distributions as long as other rules are met.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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From Hawaiian to Californian wood The brothers had grown up riding the waves atop giant surfboards made out of native Hawaiian woods such as ulu and koa.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
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Tibbets never let on about the bomb.—
David Perlmutt,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
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In 2016, during his first presidential campaign, Trump claimed that the unemployment rate was significantly higher than the BLS let on.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Both involve a lethal contest put on for spectacle to exploit the poor.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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The meeting was ultimately canceled due to a lack of quorum, and one of Suarez’s legacy projects — the Miami Marine Stadium redevelopment — was indefinitely put on hold due to concerns about the company the city had selected.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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California Schemin’ is based on the true story of two Scottish friends, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, who pretended to be a California rap duo, Silibil N’ Brains, to realize their dream of hip-hop stardom.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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No one pretended when Johnny Carson or others retired that the new group would replace them.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Biden’s autopen signature was used to issue major clemency orders in the final two months of his term that affected more than 4,000 individuals, including drug offenders and those placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
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The airport also confirmed that colleagues would remain on-site late into the night to assist those affected.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Falcons played their opener two weeks ago and then had a bye.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Sep. 2025
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The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Dark Star’s Repsch only learned that Santor had impersonated him and his company when THR contacted him.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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These bots, some created by users and at least three by a Meta team member, impersonated stars such as Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez without permission.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Playacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playacted. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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