as in synthetic
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
even the celebrity interior designer was fooled by the faux marble
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Recent Examples of faux
The Honor Earbuds Open weigh just 7.9 grams and come in a nice faux leather charging case.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
These shoes are made of a faux leather material and pair well with everything.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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
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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Simon Hill, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
These shoes are made of a faux leather material and pair well with everything.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faux
Adjective
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The sculpted bamboo details are actually rust-resistant aluminum, while the tabletop, seats, and seatbacks are upholstered in a synthetic, rattan-like weave that’s more durable than natural caning.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Mar. 2025
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The products allegedly use synthetic ingredients such as parabens and sulfates.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The reports that have gone viral on social media are fake news.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
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
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As a result, the company spent most of last year working on simulated reasoning models like o1 and o3, which use a different inference-time (runtime) approach to improving performance instead of throwing ever-larger amounts of training data at GPT-style AI models.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Do what would be impossible in reality – explore 3D structures, perform simulated surgeries, or conduct physics experiments in zero gravity.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Large windows and skylights invite natural light, reducing the need for artificial lighting and creating a bright, welcoming atmosphere.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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But after nearly 30 years of success, there have been recent efforts to remove or impair that access and exaggerate the unfair, artificial digital divide.—
Raymond Pierce,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Properties in San Francisco, across California, and in New York were often disguised under dummy corporations or linked to cronies.—
Ryan Macasero,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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This illustrates the intrinsic, expensive difficulty of intercepting even dummy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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To illustrate, in the United Kingdom vaccinations took a considerable dip in the early 2000s after Wakefield’ false claims of a link between the MMR shot and autism were posted in the media.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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In those documents, West discussed not only how to conduct experiments to implant false memories, instill specific mental disorders, and induce trance states, but also how to hide them.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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The Athletic's college football reporters conducted a mock draft, which had the Titans taking Miami quarterback Cam Ward.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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There already have been a deluge of mock drafts and prospect rankings.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Faux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faux. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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