as in to suggest
to set before the mind for consideration
posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer
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as in to puzzle
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
utterly posed by the barrage of questions
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as in show
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
my cheerfulness was just a pose, for I was feeling miserable
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Recent Examples of pose
Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Officials cited concerns about travel safety, as icy roads and limited salt supplies pose risks for students and staff.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
When Paul paints the same motif more than forty years later, the pose is the same, the egg is the same, but the light is nocturnal, the colors pale, clouded.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Any complications, such as infections or broken plates, were equally common in both groups, so early walking didn’t pose a greater risk.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Officials cited concerns about travel safety, as icy roads and limited salt supplies pose risks for students and staff.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
Maybe a wait-and-see pose is the sage new default from Congress, K Street, the think-tank universe, and the corporate headquarters’ policy shops.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
When Paul paints the same motif more than forty years later, the pose is the same, the egg is the same, but the light is nocturnal, the colors pale, clouded.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pose
Noun
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Will those experiences inform how Ash runs the show at Notre Dame?—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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But in the end, the show rises or falls on whether the audience is carried along — or even cares about — Jesse’s private journey of salvation.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Michael’s sexuality has never been an issue, because Julia married him for a life of status and security, and is happy to keep up any facade necessary to maintain it.—
Mary Marge Locker,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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The van drove us to a remote spot and deposited us near four Old West–style buildings, or rather facades of buildings.—
Chris Colin,
AFAR Media,
31 Jan. 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
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The first four films followed Neve Campbell's character, Sidney Prescott, and her struggle against a succession of murderers who adopt the guise of Ghostface, a masked killer motivated by revenge, jealousy, and notoriety.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 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
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The house is a replica of the one in Solingen, Germany where a notorious act of arson in 1993 committed by a group of young far-right extremists left five Turkish migrant women and girls of the Genç family dead.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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Those include acts of violence with or without weapons, bragging about weapons or a planned attack, and threats seen on social media.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Pose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pose. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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