as in facade
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
although she was deeply bored, she maintained a masquerade of polite interest as her guest droned on
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Recent Examples of masquerade
Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Feb. 2025
Per Variety, key moments from An Offer from a Gentleman, such as the masquerade ball and a pivotal lakeside scene, will be central to the season's storyline.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The production has shared that the house is actually two locations masquerading as one, a choice that tracks for a guy with an assumed identity.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 23 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The show first hinted at Sophie’s arrival in the Season 3 finale, when Eloise mentioned her mother Violet’s forthcoming masquerade ball.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Feb. 2025
Per Variety, key moments from An Offer from a Gentleman, such as the masquerade ball and a pivotal lakeside scene, will be central to the season's storyline.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
An intricate dance is unfolding in today’s workplaces, where gossip masquerades as harmless conversation.
—Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The production has shared that the house is actually two locations masquerading as one, a choice that tracks for a guy with an assumed identity.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masquerade
Noun
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Once it's completed, the removable floors, roof and detachable facades reveal this Marvel tribute in all its glory, for all to admire.—
Paul Brett,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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But disaffected ex-employees said the company’s facade of liberation hid something cultish.—
Devlin Barrett,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Which again, then posed for African Americans, stressing their fiscal citizenship was key to their own Black politics during the Jim Crow era.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Looking at the drawings and the question posed, the dad felt confused.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Trump Administration has significantly weakened America's national security infrastructure under the false pretense of government efficiency, by reducing staffing at the Departments of Defense and State, FBI, CIA, USAID, and others despite increasing global threats.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration’s harrowing detention of Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil — and the broader repression of student activism on campuses across the country — is being sold to the public under the false pretense of ensuring Jewish safety.—
Adam Jaffe,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In the post, Oscar can be seen jumping into the ocean into his dad's arms, pretending to fly a plane, smiling with his mom Tana and cheesing on a blue truck.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Rick, who pretended to be a film producer to weasel his way into the home of Jim and Sritala (Lek Patravadi) and confront Jim over potentially murdering his father.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Oscar winner — who both wrote and stars in the stage adaptation of the 2005 movie Good Night, and Good Luck — celebrated the official Broadway opening of the show at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on Thursday, April 3, without his wife.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The White Lotus Season 3 finale is this weekend and one character will not make it out of the show alive.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Bonsall, who was playing in a band at the time, had discovered there was a man who had been impersonating him as a way to victimize women.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The company shut down in 2021, less than a week after The New York Times article outlined that Ozy’s Samir Rao, the firm’s chief operating officer, had previously impersonated a YouTube executive during a conference call with potential investors.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And in its current guise, the RS E-Tron GT Performance delivers.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2025
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After almost a decade out of the game, cult smartwatch brand Pebble has returned with a duo of watches, and under a new brand guise, Core Devices.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Several senior agency leaders, including the chief human resources officer, acting commissioner and acting general counsel, have resigned or been demoted since January.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2025
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The two first met when they were paired together in an acting class.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Masquerade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerade. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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