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as in to portray
to present a portrayal or performance of
interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town
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Recent Examples of impersonate
In 2024, the agency advises taxpayers and businesses to be especially on the lookout for bogus tax avoidance strategies, fake charities and scammers impersonating the IRS through phishing emails and smishing text messages.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The evidence appears to show that a fake email account was used to impersonate Campbell in communications with her lawyers, meaning that someone else was sending and receiving emails purporting to be to, and from her, according to her spokesperson.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
Those apprehensions include two men who allegedly impersonated firefighters in an effort to burglarize homes.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The evidence appears to show that a fake email account was used to impersonate Campbell in communications with her lawyers, meaning that someone else was sending and receiving emails purporting to be to, and from her, according to her spokesperson.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
Those apprehensions include two men who allegedly impersonated firefighters in an effort to burglarize homes.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonate
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For example, a light lavender lining peeks out from underneath the tool of the Rapunzel dress, which can be paired with a long, dramatic boa to imitate her lustrous mane.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Between the lines: The BRT experience aims to imitate the experience of a subway or train.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
10 Feb. 2025
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We haven't been totally shut out, but we haven't been portrayed in this particular way.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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As described in the press notes, sight is portrayed through silhouettes from majestic to micro proportions; oversized profiles to mini landscapes with petite detailing.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Cuba’s foreign minister mocked NED on social media.—
Peter Roskam,
National Review,
26 Feb. 2025
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Musk also mocked people who criticized the order on X, noting that workers could respond by asking an AI chatbot — such as Grok, owned by X — to create a list of accomplished tasks.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
25 Feb. 2025
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Players who for years were starved for the chance to play meaningful games on behalf of their country now would be able to face-off for international bragging rights.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
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Other performances were more obviously cathartic, such as the aptly named ‘Emergency Concert’ performed by Treppenhaus Quartet from Germany.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere Thursday morning on Wall Street, KBW downgraded Goldman Sachs to market perform from outperform .—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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His film, a sweeping three-and-a-half-hour-long epic that depicts fictional architect László Tóth, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor starting over in the United States, has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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Each player has a character card depicting a real person at the Capitol on that day.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2025
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My days revolved around interpreting music, conveying emotions and connecting with audiences on a profound level.—
Dr. Jen Donnell,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Because based on how it’s played, people can interpret him as either complicit and a Nazi sympathizer, or a sympathetic victim of the creeping new order.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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Brown revealed her new platinum blonde ‘do at the start of the month, before giving her locks their red carpet debut at Sunday’s 2025 SAG Awards.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The extraditions were done at the request of the U.S. government as President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline looms.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Impersonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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