as in to pretend
to present a false appearance of
in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends
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Scam warnings have been issued in multiple states over criminals pretending to be from the Department of Motor Vehicles.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025 -
And by the 1930s, some of the parties, particularly Nazi Germany, merely pretended to abide by treaty limits.—
Eric S. Edelman,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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Advertisement Read More: The Worst Thing to Say to Someone Who’s Depressed In the June report, the organization stressed that AI tools that simulate human relationships need to be designed with safeguards that mitigate potential harm.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 June 2025
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Researchers say a working quantum computer will be a useful tool to simulate complicated physics or do math that could decipher encrypted data.—
Chris Eudaily,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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Sponsors may assume their site partners are ready, only to discover costly delays during study startup.—
Sonali Bloom,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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For present purposes, the Court can assume (as seems likely) that Congress intended to preclude the President (or any subordinate officials acting at his direction) from directing, supervising, or controlling the Corporation.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 June 2025
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The production is high, and just how many numbers were put on is impressive in its own right.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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How much can be hidden in this big personality, one that fills the room, always putting on an act?—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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“Pass (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28for%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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