as in facade
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
although she was deeply bored, she maintained a masquerade of polite interest as her guest droned on
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Recent Examples of masquerade
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Everything about this low-budget franchise extension is a mess, from the low-rise English city of Milton Keynes masquerading as Metropolis to its on-the-nose moralizing about world peace.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
Maple and Ash Dress in masquerade attire for Maple and Ash's New Year's Eve midnight masquerade.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Trauma-dumping masquerading as vulnerability, no thanks.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Everything about this low-budget franchise extension is a mess, from the low-rise English city of Milton Keynes masquerading as Metropolis to its on-the-nose moralizing about world peace.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
Verb
Coin is known for his lavish events in the floating city, including a fantastical masquerade ball last October at the Palazzo Pisani Moretta.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 30 May 2025
Maple and Ash Dress in masquerade attire for Maple and Ash's New Year's Eve midnight masquerade.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masquerade
Noun
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The Space Mountain facade will be bathed in Fantastic Four projection lighting effects at night and Tomorrowland restaurants will sell movie themed food and a Clobberin’ Time sipper in the shape of The Thing’s fist.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
22 July 2025
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The full facade is now the same shade of pink as the rest of the building.—
Katherine Weaver,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
Verb
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Getting around While getting to destinations presents a host of challenges, getting around them poses others.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Batteries used in electric vehicles pose a fire risk, and these fires can be difficult to extinguish.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
Noun
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In the case of Brazil, which now faces a potential 50% levy, the president has abandoned the pretense of using his tariff policy to shore up trade deficits.—
Garrett Haake,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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Over the past several years, numerous individuals have been arrested after allegedly attempting to enter the property under suspicious or false pretenses, in some cases carrying electronic equipment or claiming to have messages for the president.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Upon spotting himself on the big screen, Cohen immediately reached over and pretended to make out with a shocked Cooper.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
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Dad is the one who's going to pretend to be a predator stalking the child and pretending to be a big, scary monster.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Though Colbert's show has been nominated for 33 Emmys in all, across various categories, since 2017, it's never won.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Althoff seamlessly entered a field of beloved celebrity interview shows known for unconventional charm.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Scammers impersonating Social Security rank No. 2 on the list; scammers impersonating the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as Medicare, rank No. 3.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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Marshal Goodnight faces charges including impersonating a peace officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of a stun gun, possessing a baton and possessing a tear gas weapon, police said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Now Schaffer is trying to sneak the same high-grade, unadulterated fun into a major motion picture, with a steely Neeson as its guise.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Aug. 2025
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There are a number of ways the club is now resembling its former guise, despite a world of difference in wealth and purported ambition, and this is one of them.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Rinke, the least-Trumpy candidate in the 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary, has been acting like a nominee-in-waiting ever since.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Notable Music acts: Big Boi, The Beatbox Collective, The Black Keys.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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“Masquerade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masquerade. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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