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as in artificial
produced by humans rather than natural processes
that organic farm doesn't use any pesticides or synthetic fertilizers
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as in faux
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
synthetic fur collars boots of waterproof synthetic leather
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Recent Examples of synthetic
Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
The rate for synthetic opioids specifically — including fentanyl — dropped from 22.7 to 22.2.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2024
How exactly is the novel genome synthetic and different from the natural version?
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Unlike our synthetic sidekicks, Samantha behaves like a human being.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
The rate for synthetic opioids specifically — including fentanyl — dropped from 22.7 to 22.2.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
Baldwin has been involved in the opioid issue for years
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is used as a pain medication with a doctor's prescription.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2024
How exactly is the novel genome synthetic and different from the natural version?
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synthetic
Adjective
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The space station’s microbiome represents an artificial extreme.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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But stuck in the middle tier are 150 countries that must endure artificial limits on computing supply chains that are kept at least a generation behind US technology accessible by the top tier.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That his faux prayer hardly even touched on the show’s nominees didn’t prevent it whatsoever from killing.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Sabrina After Dark, the faux series Sabrina Carpenter built into her live show on the Short n’ Sweet tour, has been renewed for another season.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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Showing off demos of impressive interactive experiences built with the models, like a time travel simulation that’s intuitive, visual, and multi-model, Mollick then talks about two scaling laws that apply: One is that larger models are more capable.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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In 1,000 simulations of the same game events, Utah HC would have a 91 percent chance of beating the Blackhawks, according to MoneyPuck.com.—
Scott Powers,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Right-hander Clay Holmes threw live batting practice for the second time Monday, pitching three simulated innings.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
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These scams are meticulously crafted to appear legitimate, often involving fake trading platforms and simulated profits.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This fake news gave white authorities the pretense to quash Black organizing and control Black labor.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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Call scams have been making headlines recently, fueled by the rise in AI threats and urgent but fake banking and technical support calls that push users to install software or transfer money.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The company will attempt another Super Heavy chopsticks catch, and Ship will attempt to deploy four dummy Starlink satellites on a suborbital trajectory.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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There's still two years left on that 2020 deal, but, during a 2023 restructure, the Browns also added void years to Garrett's deal, which tacked on dummy contract years to spread out the cap hits even further.—
Jacob Robinson,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Post misconstrues video of Trump at Gabbard's swearing-in ceremony The Threads post appeared to draw a false conclusion from Salcedo's remarks about not seeing Gabbard being sworn in during the Feb. 12 edition of his program.—
Andre Byik,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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These swift reactions represent a false binary between 1980s-style mantras focused on growth regardless of the consequences and a forward-looking approach that integrates social and environmental considerations to enhance performance, particularly over the long term.—
The Sorenson Impact Institute,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The social self is avoidance-based, conforming, imitative, predictable, planned, and hardworking.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Not surprisingly, Renaissance architects and writers ended up contriving very similar imitative strategies.—
Mario Carpo,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Synthetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synthetic. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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