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as in camouflaged
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the spies disguised themselves as harmless tourists
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as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
that investigative reporter usually does a good job of disguising her true motives for interviewing a person
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as in cloaked
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Recent Examples of disguised
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
Our children and grandchildren will also likely face these same disguised attempts for decades to come—if there is anything left to protect, that is.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Listen for faint buzzing or clicks that might come from disguised devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
From the start, though, they are treated with barely disguised hostility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Translate Tests Into Direct Requests Tests are often disguised forms of communication.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Moreover, the lobster boat and the Mako were covert FBI assets carefully disguised as legitimate smuggling vessels.
—Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, allegedly disguised himself as a police officer, wearing body armor and driving a vehicle that appeared to be law enforcement.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Try bicycles for more exercise disguised as fun, then saunter over to Spa La Quinta’s 23,000 square feet of bliss.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
According to the post, explosives in liquid form can be disguised as everyday products.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2025
Social media can expose them to misinformation, traumatic content or predatory behavior disguised as support.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
By overlooking this, the Union-Tribune’s editorial promotes surrender disguised as principle.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
Wilcox’s defenses have multiple fronts using four and three down linemen, stemming on the same play and disguised coverages.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
Our children and grandchildren will also likely face these same disguised attempts for decades to come—if there is anything left to protect, that is.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Listen for faint buzzing or clicks that might come from disguised devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
From the start, though, they are treated with barely disguised hostility.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
And that’s why rolling out the royal red carpet is the ultimate diplomatic move, an act of realpolitik disguised as a gesture of generosity.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Translate Tests Into Direct Requests Tests are often disguised forms of communication.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Moreover, the lobster boat and the Mako were covert FBI assets carefully disguised as legitimate smuggling vessels.
—Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, allegedly disguised himself as a police officer, wearing body armor and driving a vehicle that appeared to be law enforcement.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Try bicycles for more exercise disguised as fun, then saunter over to Spa La Quinta’s 23,000 square feet of bliss.
—Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
According to the post, explosives in liquid form can be disguised as everyday products.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2025
Social media can expose them to misinformation, traumatic content or predatory behavior disguised as support.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
By overlooking this, the Union-Tribune’s editorial promotes surrender disguised as principle.
—Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disguised
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Explosive devices can be unpredictable, easily triggered, hard to detect or camouflaged.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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There are three other food and beverage venues, including El Secreto, a hidden salon and bar, quietly concealed behind an unmarked door on the hotel’s second floor, and La Cava, the adjacent emerald-toned jewel that is Faena’s wine cellar, an intimate setting for unforgettable private gatherings.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
15 Sep. 2025
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Like Seagram's glass walls that revealed rather than concealed, these systems must maintain transparency in their recommendations, augmenting rather than replacing clinical judgment.—
Dr. Taha Kass-Hout,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout a two-hour concert with a 41-song setlist, The Weeknd transformed the 69,000-person venue into an apocalyptic land in the ruins of a city inhabited by cloaked figures.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
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Nikitović took inspiration from old Westerns to dress Hart, wanting to introduce him like a mysterious, cloaked cowboy emerging from the desert.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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But the tastefulness of Kogonada’s realization keeps the brazen absurdities of plot masked in sleek understatement rather than gleefully exaggerating them.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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Through Reconstruction, guns in Black hands fended off armed and masked Klansmen, and helped Black people build nascent political power and the infrastructure of citizenship.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But amid the hype around European defense, Muirhead conceded that the exit trajectory for many startups in the sector remains shrouded in uncertainty.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The number of quasars over the region of space examined by the team indicate that the population of shrouded quasars is similar to that of unhidden quasars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Justin shares Jack with wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and while the couple often shares photos of their son, his face is often obscured.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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And while the game gives some basic tutorials for new abilities, a few mechanics seem intentionally obscured.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While the game retains the signature cel-shaded, colorful art style, the developers at Gearbox have promised a less annoyingly comedic tone.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Along with the rides, festivalgoers have access to select concessions, shopping, bathrooms and shaded areas inside the gates at Kentucky Kingdom.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even when the authors simulated the emergence of new, more transmissible variants (a frequent situation that proved very challenging to forecasters during the COVID-19 pandemic), the algorithm proved robust, adjusting quickly by re-estimating transmission rates.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the first experiment, called the carbon assimilation experiment or the pyrolytic release experiment, the researchers simulated the Martian atmosphere in one of Viking’s test chambers.—
Joel S. Levine,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Disguised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disguised. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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