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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterfeiter
Noun
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That’s where discipline separates professionals from pretenders.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025 -
Sorting the contenders from pretenders Here’s a quick rundown of where every team stands after the Jets eked out a Game 5 win over the upstart Blues last night in whiteout Winnipeg.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Fortunately, plant enthusiasts quickly chimed in to identify the impostor.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory.—
Brett Kelman,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2025
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Trying to keep the population safe from a novel infectious disease, battling to understand the virus, but also navigating people's suspicion of vaccines and science, and their desire to use bleach and ivermectin, egged on by charlatans.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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For them, the Nazarene is not a charlatan, but an upright man, one who has courage, who speaks well and says the right things, like other great prophets in the history of Israel.—
Daniel Burke,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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Lucas, Diller insists, was a sanctimonious hypocrite.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Matar spoke briefly at his sentencing hearing, calling Rushdie a hypocrite and a bully.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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Maybe the cows were fakes, or sold, moved somewhere or their tags were changed.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Unfortunately, we were deprived of all those fake idols getting played because players kept leaving the game with fakes in their pockets, socks, and bags.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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“Counterfeiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterfeiter. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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