as in to play
to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior
likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was
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Recent Examples of personate
Till’s motifs swept though the ensemble, as horns, clarinets, bassoons, violin all had a chance to personate the character.
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By Libby Hanssen, kansascity.com, 3 June 2017
By Libby Hanssen, kansascity.com, 3 June 2017
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After launching with a preview performance in Pittsburgh on March 12, the upcoming North American tour will officially open March 15 in Austin, where the show plays in partnership with South by Southwest.—
Gordon Cox,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2025
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Osaka was better than Garcia, who was playing her first match after a three-month mental health break.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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His sentencing has been delayed while prosecutors have gathered new evidence — including an audio recording demonstrating Mizuhara impersonated Ohtani in order to secure a $200,000 wire transfer.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Two people were arrested on Saturday for impersonating firefighters while driving a fake fire truck near the Palisades Fire, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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But in non-biotech emerging industries, many billion-dollar entrepreneurs imitated the product but improved on the strategy.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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This Is Us star Milo Ventimiglia visits remains of his home lost in L.A. fire: 'Life imitating art' Garner indicated that her residence is still standing but that countless friends have lost their houses over the past week.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Shelton specifically referenced the incident where Tony Jones of Channel 9 mocked Novak Djokovic and his fans on air, causing Djokovic to skip a post-match interview with Jim Courier.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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They were also nominated for worst screen combo, another blow for the movie that Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser ruthlessly mocked in her monologue earlier this month.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Chalamet recently portrayed Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, the biopic directed by James Mangold, and performed all of his own vocals in the film.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
19 Jan. 2025
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Both films are about the preposterous beauty standards foisted upon women in our modern culture, yet both films seem determined to make these same women suffer, while portraying men as mostly bumbling buffoons whose chief infractions are wandering eyes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Close behind, with eight each, are Searchlight’s Bob Dylan portrait A Complete Unknown (bolstered by far-from-assured noms for director James Mangold and supporting actress Monica Barbaro, one of its three acting noms) and Focus’ Conclave (despite a rough miss for director Edward Berger).—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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It is designed to (at least in theory) survive a nuclear war while acting as a command-and-control center.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Personate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personate. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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