as in pretends
to present a false appearance of
cosmetics that simulate a suntan
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Recent Examples of simulates
Today's test simulates a frontal collision where the cars are slightly offset from each other.
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Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Another installation simulates the interior of Aquarius Reef Base, complete with bunks, galley tables and stories from Scripps Oceanography researchers like Dale Stokes and Jim Leichter, who’ve completed multiple missions there.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, a team at the University of Texas is tackling the challenge by creating a virtual environment that precisely simulates conditions on the lunar surface.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
ChatGPT introduced millions to a tool that, although prone to presenting false information, simulates conversation well enough that people began to use it as an interface for countless tasks, such as finding information.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2025
The students were playing Operation Outbreak, a game that simulates the spread of an infectious disease.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 18 Nov. 2025
But many of their hitters have already taken swings against him – thanks to the sophisticated technology of Trajekt, a pitching machine that simulates the visual of any major-league pitcher’s mechanics and the shape of his pitches.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
In the primary bath, the space is lined with $750,000 worth of ivory onyx tile featuring a $20,000 Toto Zero-Gravity tub that simulates floating.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
The seats move, wind gets blown at you (something that makes for a particularly unsettling moment when a character is shot in the head and the 4DX system simulates the bullet whizzing into your ear), and lights pop on and off around the auditorium to simulate gunfire and other effects.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
Another installation simulates the interior of Aquarius Reef Base, complete with bunks, galley tables and stories from Scripps Oceanography researchers like Dale Stokes and Jim Leichter, who’ve completed multiple missions there.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, a team at the University of Texas is tackling the challenge by creating a virtual environment that precisely simulates conditions on the lunar surface.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
ChatGPT introduced millions to a tool that, although prone to presenting false information, simulates conversation well enough that people began to use it as an interface for countless tasks, such as finding information.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2025
The students were playing Operation Outbreak, a game that simulates the spread of an infectious disease.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 18 Nov. 2025
But many of their hitters have already taken swings against him – thanks to the sophisticated technology of Trajekt, a pitching machine that simulates the visual of any major-league pitcher’s mechanics and the shape of his pitches.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
In the primary bath, the space is lined with $750,000 worth of ivory onyx tile featuring a $20,000 Toto Zero-Gravity tub that simulates floating.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
The seats move, wind gets blown at you (something that makes for a particularly unsettling moment when a character is shot in the head and the 4DX system simulates the bullet whizzing into your ear), and lights pop on and off around the auditorium to simulate gunfire and other effects.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulates
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The human therapist pretends to be a client.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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By March, the city pretends the interruption never happened.—
Alexandra Martinez,
Artforum,
15 Jan. 2026
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Yet his rhetoric assumes that Jewish identity is synonymous with privilege, that Jewish concerns are secondary — or suspect.—
David Moore,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The literary record assumes the same.—
Dan Turello,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Proving this will require experiments that directly test how the rhythm affects brain cleaning, vigilance, and survival.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Jan. 2026
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The recall affects the company’s model year 2024-2025 Tundra and Tundra Hybrid line of trucks.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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