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as in pretense
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
he allowed himself to dine at fine restaurants all over the world under the guise of research for his book on international cuisine
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as in costume
clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation
she felt as though she should be wearing some sort of Germanic guise, complete with dirndl, for the fall festival featuring traditional German food and drink
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as in mask
clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else
he sneaked into the castle to rescue Ivanhoe in the guise of a priest coming to give Ivanhoe his last rites
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as in appearance
outward and often deceptive indication
hazing rituals may have the guise of harmless fun, but often the reality is serious physical abuse
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Recent Examples of guise
But the 48-year-old was arrested at his Las Vegas home in January 2023, accused of luring girls from California to Canada and allegedly raping them and making some his spiritual wives under the false guise of traditional practices.
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Sean Keane, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
That day, the 13-year-old had taken a trip with Oliver from their neighborhood in Eau Claire, Wis., to Madison, Wis., under the guise that Oliver was taking Jessyca to a meeting with a publisher who was interested in her work.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Nadia, the Russian mail-order bride of Jez Butterworth’s 2001 film Birthday Girl, bounces unnervingly among multiple guises: seducer, charlatan, love interest.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
Too often what makes it to our screens, even in the high-gloss guise of prestige programming, isn’t a triumph of intelligent, boundary-exploding storytelling.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Sean Keane, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
That day, the 13-year-old had taken a trip with Oliver from their neighborhood in Eau Claire, Wis., to Madison, Wis., under the guise that Oliver was taking Jessyca to a meeting with a publisher who was interested in her work.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Nadia, the Russian mail-order bride of Jez Butterworth’s 2001 film Birthday Girl, bounces unnervingly among multiple guises: seducer, charlatan, love interest.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
Too often what makes it to our screens, even in the high-gloss guise of prestige programming, isn’t a triumph of intelligent, boundary-exploding storytelling.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guise
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But in his youth lies the reason for anonymity and pretense, Hoback claims.Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
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Liberals, apparently, got up close to voters under the pretense of handing out food and water.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
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In other photos, Khai was snapped climbing a tree, as well as walking outdoors in a skeleton costume and vibrant red and purple fleece for Halloween.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Moo Deng has even become a popular Halloween costume this year, and starred on Saturday Night Live, when actor Bowen Yang featured her on the show's Weekend Update in October, discussing her perspective of newfound fame.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Get used to that odor, and consider restocking N95 masks.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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One is housed at the National Museum of American History: relics and masks from Puerto Rican collector Teodoro Vidal.Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Which is why those Big Noon appearances are so important.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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During an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, president-elect Donald Trump criticized the Chips Act which was passed by the Biden administration in 2022 — partly to spur domestic advanced chip manufacturing.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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The symbols showed images of fringed textiles and vessels being carried in nets, many of which are moving toward building facades.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The concept of the new boutique is defined by a bright facade bathed in backlight, with crisscrossing lines creating green triangular shapes that echo the brand’s classic logo.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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Part of the group then took the stage in one of the more striking scenes ever seen at a big Republican presidential rally: a row of clerics in Islamic garb and caps strode on stage as Trump greeted them with smiles, shaking their hands.Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
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This sequence also has the grounding force of Billy, now decked out in full Wiccan garb, at the height of his powers even after donating some to Agatha — who, in an extremely uncharacteristic act, manages to stop herself before sucking every ounce of it out of his body.Caroline Framke, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Crye loses out on valuable sales to unlicensed mills overseas that print copies of its patented camouflage, called MultiCam, on ponchos, pants, shirts and hats that sell on Amazon and other marketplaces without Crye’s permission.Annie Palmer,Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Octopuses have often been thought to avoid other members of their species and prowl solo using camouflage.Evan Bush, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
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The new advice is to test anyone with a significant bird flu exposure, such as an unprotected worker who’s been splashed in the face with raw milk on a dairy farm with known H5N1 infections in the herds.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Initial results favor new faces for the Antioch City Council as former City Manager Ron Bernal had an early lead against incumbent Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe in this contentious race.Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Guise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guise. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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