as in to pretend
to present a false appearance of
cosmetics that simulate a suntan
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In a neat touch, screens simulate a window showing views of the Moon.
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Adam Williams
may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
The team then augmented the brick-predicting model with a separate software tool that can verify physical stability using mathematical models that simulate gravity and structural forces.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Using a mathematical model, the study authors simulated how different sodium-to-potassium ratios affected bodily systems, including the renal system (kidneys), cardiovascular system, and gastrointestinal system.
—Alisa Hrustic, Health, 1 May 2025
The test facility is equipped with a dozen jet fans, each almost as tall as the workers who run them and powerful enough to simulate a Category 5 hurricane.
—Amal Elawady, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
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Adam Williams
may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
The team then augmented the brick-predicting model with a separate software tool that can verify physical stability using mathematical models that simulate gravity and structural forces.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Using a mathematical model, the study authors simulated how different sodium-to-potassium ratios affected bodily systems, including the renal system (kidneys), cardiovascular system, and gastrointestinal system.
—Alisa Hrustic, Health, 1 May 2025
The test facility is equipped with a dozen jet fans, each almost as tall as the workers who run them and powerful enough to simulate a Category 5 hurricane.
—Amal Elawady, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
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An investigation revealed the teen had corresponded online with an individual pretending to be a 20-year-old woman, later identified by authorities as Kassi.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
10 May 2025
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And by the fourth, all that remained was an empty row of houses, merely pretending to be homes.—
Jessica Guerrieri,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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In order to be approved for any of those products, a borrower needs a strong credit profile, and the willingness and ability to assume more debt.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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The Trump administration’s recent shift toward U.S. isolationism regarding global affairs — and particularly those more acutely affecting Europe, such as the war in Ukraine — piled pressure on the U.K. and European Union to agree on a deal.—
Holly Ellyatt,Silvia Amaro,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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There’s no cure for it, but it’s been affecting me for years.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2025
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“Simulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simulate. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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