shamming 1 of 2

present participle of sham

shamming

2 of 2

noun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamming
Verb
  • Trapped at sea On both page and screen, Carrie, the woman pretending to be Anne, lures Laura to the ship’s hold and traps her there.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Amina blows her mom a kiss and then flops down in her crib, pretending to be asleep.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To Serbian audiences, Vučiċ accuses the EU of duplicity and anti-Serbian prejudice.
    Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Stevenson’s pirates are a frighteningly murderous and totally untrustworthy bunch, thriving on threats and duplicity.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Simply put, there are complex problems that cannot be solved by classical computers, such as simulating molecules for drug discovery and materials science and optimizing large-scale systems in finance and logistics.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This resolution strengthens the foundation for simulating reactor behavior and assures designers that graphite will perform its duties as expected.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Vrabel isn’t assuming that will mean anything in New Orleans, even against a middle-of-the-pack Saints run offense.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But that's assuming the success of a predecessor project for this sail concept, called Solar Cruiser.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The fakery made the effects of the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 significantly worse in Greece.
    Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But Lloyd’s awkward staging here and questionable affectations (including an audience clap-along) makes Pozzo’s relationship with Lucky unfocused and puzzling.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The band sets aside the winks and retro affectations for something unadorned and honest.
    Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
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