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as in to portray
to present a portrayal or performance of
interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town
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Recent Examples of impersonate
Just last week, NPR reported on a scammer attempting to impersonate a senior U.S. government official.
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Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Jackson was arrested and booked for impersonating a police officer and two violations of his pretrial release conditions, officials said.
—ABC News, 11 July 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported in May that federal authorities were investigating an attempt to impersonate Wiles.
—James Powel, USA Today, 9 July 2025
The most common scheme: impersonating public figures to promote fraudulent investments, which has already resulted in $401 million in losses.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 10 July 2025
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Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Jackson was arrested and booked for impersonating a police officer and two violations of his pretrial release conditions, officials said.
—ABC News, 11 July 2025
The Wall Street Journal reported in May that federal authorities were investigating an attempt to impersonate Wiles.
—James Powel, USA Today, 9 July 2025
The most common scheme: impersonating public figures to promote fraudulent investments, which has already resulted in $401 million in losses.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impersonate
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Perhaps the Lake Bluff streakers heard of those at CLC and wanted to imitate them.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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The park’s hub-and-spoke design has been copied by parks around the world, but the caliber of Disneyland’s craftsmanship wasn’t easily imitated.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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Players will investigate real manuscripts and historic accounts that complicate established theories; probe characters portrayed by actors and explore restricted areas in landmark monuments, some of which have never been accessed by non-custodians.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The panel presented an animation that portrayed the progression of both aircraft before the collision.—
Ben Mause,
Baltimore Sun,
30 July 2025
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When the Tea app breach occurred, social media users relished in mocking and threatening the safety of the women whose personal information had been leaked.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
2 Aug. 2025
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The first end credits scene gives a big nod to the end credits of the Police Squad! series, which mocked freeze-frame endings of sitcoms at the time.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Hamill plays a man only known as the Major, the military commander who oversees the Walk and gives the walkers their literal marching orders.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
26 July 2025
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Malakian explains the role Ozzfest played in elevating System of a Down’s profile.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
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Shumate’s memo directs prosecutors to prioritize investigations against doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies that perform such procedures.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Ursa Minor recently consolidated its split California/Oregon operations into a single facility in the Portland area, which performs all installations.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Aug. 2025
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The final glimpse of their lives depicted them in Paris raising Tali (Isla Gie in Tony & Ziva).—
Ryan Coleman Published,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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The episode knocks Trump multiple times by depicting him with comedically small genitals, which frustrates Satan and enrages Trump when a portrait artist paints him with small genitals.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Analysts interpreted the data as Europe’s economy so far showing resilience in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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The installation also functions as a multi-act musical score that will be collaboratively interpreted by the artist and an as-yet unidentified regional composer, according to a museum news release.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
30 July 2025
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No matter what Ulla was doing, Mala had to be doing that and something better, Ulla complained.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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However, those whose closets are truly bursting at the seams may need to do so even more often.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Impersonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impersonate. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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