as in facade
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
although she was deeply bored, she maintained a masquerade of polite interest as her guest droned on
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Recent Examples of masquerade
Nina Siegal, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
But the masquerade is not sustainable, and on the eve of her 15th birthday, Ellian makes a breakthrough in her effort to break the curse.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
But, as the Los Angeles Times outlined last fall, new resellers have cropped up to take retail stores’ place, masquerading as local breeders or even rescues.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The museum is also hosting a major retrospective of the Belgian-British painter James Ensor, whose Expressionist depictions of crowds in masquerades are haunting (through Jan. 19).
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
But the masquerade is not sustainable, and on the eve of her 15th birthday, Ellian makes a breakthrough in her effort to break the curse.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
By February the number had grown to 102 — some masquerading as national news outlets, others as local media in Berlin, Hamburg and other cities.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
But, as the Los Angeles Times outlined last fall, new resellers have cropped up to take retail stores’ place, masquerading as local breeders or even rescues.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masquerade
Noun
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Casa Loewe’s golden facade brightens the Jing’an Kerry Center commercial district.—
WWD,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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This will feature lots of natural light thanks to the skylights already mentioned, plus a transparent facade made up of aluminum and glass, with glazed louvers.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Image Those actions have raised questions, even among moderate Brazilians, about whether Justice Moraes was posing his own threat to democracy.—
Jack Nicas,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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With the EUROs 2024 posing a massive opportunity to drive engagement, Mail Sport set a bold goal: to maintain relevance as a go-to source for fans without relying on traditional IP assets.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These are typically hogwash for multiple reasons, not least of which is the combination of ideological bias with the pretense of ideological neutrality.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
18 Feb. 2025
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Instead, these conflicts were entered into under the pretense of strengthening national security or spreading democracy.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Too many leaders pretend to listen, nodding along in meetings but failing to take action.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Pride, drama, politics There’s no point in pretending AFCON is perfect.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So far, she’s completed four shows in Brisbane and two of four nights in Sydney.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 2025
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The show was created and produced by Banijay Benelux label TwentyTwo.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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What Timmy does brilliantly and what Jim really liberated Timmy to do, is not to impersonate Bob, not to do an impression, not to match him spot on.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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The phishing campaign employs malicious adverts that have been created to impersonate PayPal and display the official PayPal website, the report revealed.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to certain cosmologies, their souls take on the guise of marine creatures—an idea that struck me as strangely comforting.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Those influences are often deliberate — coy and canny reworkings of previous themes and character types, presented again in new guises and winking reflections.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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How that plays out depends on a number of factors, such as where the conflict starts and what the impetus is, which would shape the way all major actors and allies respond to whatever acts as the spark.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The filings containing the employee statements were made in the case started by a CFPB union, which led to a judge suspending acting Director Russell Vought’s moves to shutter the bureau.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Masquerade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerade. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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