as in wishes
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire
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Recent Examples of passes off
If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype.
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Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passes off
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Owner Fardowsa Sheik Ali just wishes more people were willing stop in and try it.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Androw always chooses House of Bread and wishes more pizzerias would take up the cause.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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The directive also prohibits federal immigration agents from using city property and imposes a fee on owners who allow federal agents to use private property.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Texas imposes a 10% cap for lending to people in that state.—
Carter Dougherty,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Only if the Pac-12 collects three or four NCAA Tournament bids on a regular basis and a team not named Gonzaga or San Diego State inflicts damage in March Madness.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Leadership that dismisses or undermines inclusion inflicts real harm on students, faculty, and staff.—
Wanda James,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Passes off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passes%20off. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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