simulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of simulate
as in pretends
to present a false appearance of cosmetics that simulate a suntan

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Recent Examples of simulates The standard machine simulates a game by shooting balls at varying angles. — Shirl Leigh july 13, New Atlas, 13 July 2026 Swanson earned the national championship in the Postsecondary Collision Damage Appraisal Division, a competition that simulates the work of professional collision estimators and insurance appraisers, according to a press release from the college. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 The mission simulates a scenario in which a maneuverable satellite rapidly approaches and inspects another spacecraft that is not cooperating. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026 This year's scenario simulates an airplane crash into a building, creating multiple injuries and casualties. — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 17 June 2026 The Supercomputer simulates the remaining fixtures of a season 10,000 times and analyses the results to create an average league table from those simulations. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 1 May 2026 The facility is likely the only one in the world that can do full-load, bidirectional testing that simulates both grid conditions and variable data-center loads. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026 Ray tracing is a 3D rendering technology that simulates the behavior of light to produce realistic reflections and lighting effects. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 27 Apr. 2026 Artificial intelligence refers to any technology or machine that simulates human intelligence, such as performing problem solving, decision making and reasoning. — Katherine Lin, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulates
  1. pretends
  2. assumes
  3. affects
Verb
  • The show only pretends to be organized around romantic couples.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of pretends
Verb
  • Guitars take the place of shovels, as Henry now repays Carlos’ kindness by helping to save the land that Carlos assumes is ravaged.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • There is a real risk of cultural bias if AI assumes the whole world, ranging from Argentina and Egypt to Japan and Zimbabwe, ought to pursue the same values as the Western world.
    — Alexandra Figueroa, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
Definition of assumes
Verb
  • West Nile, spread by mosquitoes in the Culex genus, affects about 2,000 people every year in the US and causes about 130 deaths, and this season is off to an early and ominous start, the CDC warned.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The limited nature of the aquariums’ beluga habitats affects the whales both physically and mentally, with one of the main problems being boredom, said Marino, who is also a neuroscientist.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of affects

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