as in suggests
to set before the mind for consideration
posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer
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as in puzzles
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
utterly posed by the barrage of questions
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as in shows
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
my cheerfulness was just a pose, for I was feeling miserable
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Recent Examples of poses
Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
Tracy Arm, in fact, still poses a bit of a mystery despite the work done to recreate the event.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Spanish officials maintain that the ship poses no risk to the Canary Islands.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Nancy Guthrie poses with daughter Savannah Guthrie in an undated photograph.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Edmunds poses questions that still need answers about banana water for plants.
—Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 5 May 2026
Adrien Brody poses with his uncanny Sardi's portrait in New York City on April 30.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
The impact will not be visible from Earth and poses no danger, according to the astronomer.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The absence of Anthony Edwards, however, poses an even more serious problem for the Wolves.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2026
Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Doctors recommend starting a yoga practice slowly, ideally with an instructor, and modifying poses if needed.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Apr. 2026
In the photos, Fillmore sits proudly on the grass guarding his home, and later poses with a firefighter.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
With sparse amounts of slapstick, this staging isn’t the most physical of farces, though Lutz and Enriquez in particular strike some laugh-out-loud poses.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
This catabolism works directly against muscle improvement goals, compromising both the strength needed for challenging poses and the flexibility that comes from healthy, elastic muscle fibers.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 13 Apr. 2026
The father and son strongmen have frequently paired up to train together and have been spotted rehearsing the elegant poses that made Schwarzenegger a star.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Hulk, a police dog that took part in an operation in which 48 tons of marijuana were seized, poses in front of packages containing the drug and weapons in Rio de Janeiro on April 8, 2026.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, business leaders and AI experts have issued successive warnings about the threat AI poses to human workers.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
But there’s a difference between an outbreak that has scientific and public health importance and one that poses widespread risk to the population at large.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
Tracy Arm, in fact, still poses a bit of a mystery despite the work done to recreate the event.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Spanish officials maintain that the ship poses no risk to the Canary Islands.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
Nancy Guthrie poses with daughter Savannah Guthrie in an undated photograph.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Edmunds poses questions that still need answers about banana water for plants.
—Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 5 May 2026
Adrien Brody poses with his uncanny Sardi's portrait in New York City on April 30.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
The impact will not be visible from Earth and poses no danger, according to the astronomer.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 May 2026
The absence of Anthony Edwards, however, poses an even more serious problem for the Wolves.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2026
Noun
His use of dramatic lighting and the poses of the people in the painting have captured audiences’ attention for nearly four centuries.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Doctors recommend starting a yoga practice slowly, ideally with an instructor, and modifying poses if needed.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Apr. 2026
In the photos, Fillmore sits proudly on the grass guarding his home, and later poses with a firefighter.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
With sparse amounts of slapstick, this staging isn’t the most physical of farces, though Lutz and Enriquez in particular strike some laugh-out-loud poses.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
This catabolism works directly against muscle improvement goals, compromising both the strength needed for challenging poses and the flexibility that comes from healthy, elastic muscle fibers.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 13 Apr. 2026
The father and son strongmen have frequently paired up to train together and have been spotted rehearsing the elegant poses that made Schwarzenegger a star.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Hulk, a police dog that took part in an operation in which 48 tons of marijuana were seized, poses in front of packages containing the drug and weapons in Rio de Janeiro on April 8, 2026.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, business leaders and AI experts have issued successive warnings about the threat AI poses to human workers.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poses
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Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, where in many cases oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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The designer regularly curates new collections and fresh apparel and is widely known for her signature splits at the end of her runway shows.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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These projects reveal the evil lurking underneath the guises of killers who were so often hiding in plain sight.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Apr. 2026
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By the time my story about him was published in the November 2023 issue of Vanity Fair, Aryeh Dodelson, and all of his guises, had disappeared from the face of the earth.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
3 Apr. 2026
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Historic preservation is often dismissed as nostalgia, the hobby of people who prefer old facades to modern needs.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
6 May 2026
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But the school occupies its own campus, Schwarzman College, modeled on the individual venues at Harvard and Oxford, boasting their own historic facades, where students live and dine.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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“Poses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poses. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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