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
Lumeheel Knee-High Boots Suede is bigger than ever this year, so of course these (faux) suede boots had to make my list.
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Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
For all the spectacle, the tensions between the pro- and faux-billionaires were sharp and reflective of real animosity.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The singer stood next to a set of faux power lines onstage, which quickly exploded to illustrate the island's frequent power outages.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
This was the back-to-the-land moment for a certain strain of millennials, the era of urban-rooftop beekeeping and faux farmhouse weddings.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
For all the spectacle, the tensions between the pro- and faux-billionaires were sharp and reflective of real animosity.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The singer stood next to a set of faux power lines onstage, which quickly exploded to illustrate the island's frequent power outages.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
This was the back-to-the-land moment for a certain strain of millennials, the era of urban-rooftop beekeeping and faux farmhouse weddings.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faux
Adjective
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Ideal for the ultimate no-makeup makeup look, for which Westman is known, the innovative blush harnesses biomimicry pigment technology, which lessens the risk of inflammation by encapsulating the synthetic pigments in the blush.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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And the best way to sidestep that is by picking a pair of socks made from a moisture-wicking blend—ideally a combination of merino wool (at least 50 percent) and synthetic materials.—
Jonathan Thompson,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The agency allegedly used Bank of America accounts to lure young women with fake modeling offers, while financial records suggest the bank was aware of these suspicious connections, according to plaintiff’s claims.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some guests got very into it—one adopted a fake British accent for the duration.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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Previous observations of individual apes playing alone had raised the possibility that animals could engage in simulated play, study authors Amalia Bastos and Christopher Krupenye noted in the study, which was published Thursday in the journal Science.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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In 2019, Kasieczka and his collaborators announced the LHC Olympics 2020, a contest in which participants submitted algorithms to find anomalous events in three sets of (simulated) LHC data.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Brandon Tseng, co‑founder of Shield AI, told CNBC that Hivemind enables other companies and militaries to develop their own artificial-intelligence pilots locally, and Singapore would own that intellectual property.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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Sugary drinks are defined as non-alcoholic beverages with natural or artificial sweeteners, or drinks with less than 50% fruit juice.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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The team gathered data from the dummy eggs to anticipate challenges any pair of penguins might face in rearing their own chicks in the habitat.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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That morning, Walt Disney again flew above the 30,000 acres Orange and Osceola County purchased by dummy corporations.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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Authorities did not provide additional details about the agents' apparently false statements.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, Worden continued to promote the false claim to news outlets and hired a media consultant to amplify it, the documents said.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Pharmacy technician students practice compounding mock medications such as lip balms and creams.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The oversized mock-neck sweater tucks chicly into the pencil-leg pants, primed for rolling at the hems and styling with chunky sneakers for long travel days.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Faux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faux. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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