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as in camouflaged
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the federal agents masked their surveillance vehicle so that it looked like an ordinary moving van
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as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
masked his real motives for wanting to see the house that was for sale
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Recent Examples of masked
Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
UnitedHealthcare Thompson, 50, was on his way to UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown when a masked gunman approached from behind and opened fire around 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, security video of the shooting showed.
—Tom Winter, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Avery Stone, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
That masked an otherwise pedestrian game from quarterback Jordan Love.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, was headed to an investor meeting for UnitedHealth Group, which owns his company when he was shot by a masked gunman with a pistol that appeared to have a silencer attached.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
UnitedHealthcare Thompson, 50, was on his way to UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown when a masked gunman approached from behind and opened fire around 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, security video of the shooting showed.
—Tom Winter, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
The navy blue color masked any dirt effectively but also cleaned up easily with wipes post-use.
—Avery Stone, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
That masked an otherwise pedestrian game from quarterback Jordan Love.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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The dark patterns somehow concealed these in-game purchases from gamers.Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
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Surveillance images from the shooting show the man wearing a hooded jacket and a mask that concealed most of his face -- a look that would not have attracted attention on a chilly morning.MICHAEL BALSAMO AND MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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In both, his face is partially obscured by a blue mask.Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The manhunt has thus far relied on just a few grainy images of a man whose face is largely obscured by a mask and hoodie.Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
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The new pricing for these doses will be 50% cheaper than the other GLP-1 drugs in the market, although the reduced pricing won’t apply to the doses covered by insurance.Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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He was also known for possessing a cannon of a right arm, which accounted for 123 assists from the corner outfield (and for two scoreless appearances, a decade apart, that covered 5 2/3 innings on the mound).Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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But as Daniel Goleman writes in his book Social Intelligence, in a society that puts too much emphasis on individualism, the power of the social brain often gets suppressed and overlooked.Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But Google's study, published in Nature, showed that for the first time, errors can be suppressed exponentially as a quantum computer increases in size – a breakthrough that has been pursued in the field for more than 30 years.Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Masked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masked. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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