guise

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The boss will often adopt the guise that Weiss does, saying that the business needs to adapt to changing times, while offering little detail about what that means or what the new strategy looks like.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Spoon-feeding this critical bit of dialogue early in the film allows Barker to heap as much violence, trauma and tropes onto Nikki’s character as possible, under the guise of thematic callbacks.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Albrecht, who had yet to publicly share her name, told CBS she met Swalwell while on a class trip in college and that he began talking to her "under the guise of professional mentorship".

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“All My Sons,” Miller’s breakthrough play about capitalism’s warped ethics in the guise of a domestic drama, just finished a successful run at Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

I imagined Mrs. Kuen dropping by the shop under the guise of paying a social visit, innocently mentioning to Ma that she’d seen me with James.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu