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as in pretended
to present a false appearance of
he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else
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as in dissimulated
to take on a false or deceptive appearance
children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age
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Recent Examples of dissembled
Instead, whole grains and foods are dissembled into molecules which, with the help of artificial colorings, flavorings and gluelike emulsifiers, are heated, pounded, shaped or extruded into any food a manufacturer can dream up.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
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His wife fell to the floor and pretended to be dead, and Little was pronounced dead at a hospital.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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Arlester Brown, a Black soldier who fought in a segregated army, crossed an ocean to depend on men of every background for his survival — and came home to an America that pretended that bond didn’t exist.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Israel said that al-Haddad had assumed the role of Hamas commander after his predecessor, Mohammed Sinwar, was killed.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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Even Anthropic has assumed a lot about its freedom and authority, having just announced a new tool called Mythos, an AI model that finds security vulnerabilities in software and networked resources.—
Olivier Sylvain,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Agency officials simulated conditions for July 4, when ridership is expected to peak.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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The model simulated how individual algae join or leave clusters depending on irradiation wavelength and intensity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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“Dissembled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissembled. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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