1
as in forged
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
an expert at counterfeiting money
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2
as in pretended
to present a false appearance of
managing to counterfeit a happy expression while visiting a sick friend
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterfeited
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These experiences forged his belief in distributed leadership.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Late last year, the Lake Station Board of Works and New Chicago forged a pact calling for Lake Station to provide ambulance service for $50,000 annually, according to Long, who said the contract would be reviewed at the end of the year.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Then, an experimenter presented the bonobo with two empty, transparent cups and pretended to pour juice from an empty pitcher into each cup.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Korea’s Kim Seon-yeong and Sweden’s Isabella Wranå pretended their brooms were air guitars.—
Zack Pierce,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Claude should not say the moon landing was faked.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the current digital age where images and sound can be so easily faked, a real-time, two-way interaction between the victim and the family provides the highest level of confidence that the person claiming to hold Nancy is legitimate.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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This test simulated 10 years of real-world operation of a heating system and was completed without failures or the wear and tear of safety-critical components.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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The metal-insulator model is important because, in most cases, it cannot be simulated on a classical computer.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Feb. 2026
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Putin also assumed that a multipolar world would free him from American interference.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Without that data, the BLS assumed that no price increases had taken place during the month for most categories of goods and services.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Counterfeited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterfeited. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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