impostures

Definition of imposturesnext
plural of imposture

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impostures
Noun
  • But these have always been legal fictions.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The vast encyclopedic architecture of Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) or Mason & Dixon (1997) gives way here to a series of detective fictions each set in a distinct historical moment, each featuring a reluctant investigator sifting through the wreckage of cultural paranoia.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • But Baehren and Carvalho pointed out that these behaviors, which took place rarely and in captivity, might only be imitations of human communication.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • At first, its proliferation seemed to constitute a typical case of Hollywood copycatting; Big Little Lies becomes a smash, wins eight Emmys, begets flimsy imitations that lots of people watch anyway.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death.
    Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
  • There is so much power in storytelling and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling and inclusive representations.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Johnson eventually pleaded no contest to three counts of false pretenses between $1,000 and $20,000.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • She is also charged with one count of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult of between $1,000 and $20,000 and one count of false pretenses of between $1,000 and $20,000.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • To pinpoint the silk’s secret, an interdisciplinary team used a high-tech toolkit that included AlphaFold3 modeling, molecular simulations, and NMR spectroscopy.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Mike Sena, the executive director of the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, demonstrated simulations of reports of suspicious activity.
    Sooji Nam, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • And because Epstein cultivated as many high-profile contacts as possible, that leaves a whole lot of people potentially exposed to unfounded insinuations.
    Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
  • In a recent interview at the Charlotte Chess Center, Giannatos kept coming back to Kramnik and the effect the grandmaster’s insinuations seemed to have on Naroditsky’s psyche.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Charges against 17 people arrested during demonstrations against Operation Midway Blitz immigration raids around Chicagoland last year have been dismissed as prosecutorial accusations have faded.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • For the two-week trip, Vast put a call out for research proposals and will focus on biology and biotechnology, physical sciences, human research and technology demonstrations.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The International Olympic Committee did not respond to a message seeking comment about the Saturday displays.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Open shelving displays ceramics and objects from the couple’s personal collection.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Impostures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impostures. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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