masquerading

present participle of masquerade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for masquerading
Verb
  • Wind chills in this region could reach 20 degrees, posing a significant threat to people and property.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Wind chills in this region could reach 20 degrees, posing a significant threat to people and property.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Few can match the circumstances of this particular Egg Bowl, in which Ole Miss receiver Elijah Moore caught an apparent tying touchdown from Matt Corral with four seconds left and celebrated by impersonating a dog urinating in the end zone.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Patients reportedly experienced delays in care, denied prescriptions, and scammers allegedly took advantage of the chaos by impersonating healthcare providers to steal financial information.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • While maintaining a quirky and mysterious air, the show yields questions like, is a cult real if its creators are pretending but its followers aren’t?
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • June Squibb plays the titular Thelma, who gets taken in by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson Danny (Fred Hechinger) to the tune of $10,000.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airplane operation, including checks of all Boeing 737-800s.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Those officials could be then tapped for acting positions.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Then something strange happened — the Falcons started playing like one of the best defenses in the league.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Deion Sanders began his NFL career with the Falcons in 1989, also playing baseball for the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves well into the 1990s.
    Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Masquerading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerading. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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