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impression

[im-presh-uhn] / ɪmˈprɛʃ ən /




NOUN
pretending to be somebody
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“I think we all were under the impression that it was going to be technical, technical, technical, punching in Excel numbers,” she says of the audit role.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

It creates the false impression of consensus and momentum where it doesn’t actually exist.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

I couldn’t hear them at all, but I got the impression that those intrusions and distractions were weighing on her.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The Danish company filed a lawsuit in the US on Tuesday claiming Eli Lilly, which makes Mounjaro and Zepbound, deployed ad campaigns to "create the misleading impression that Eli Lilly's medicines are superior".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

It made sense to work on the boat—but Tag’s offer of friendship had made a deep impression on Nhamo.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

"Early impressions are that Hearts have got a really good head coach," said Hearts Standard editor Joel Sked on a recent Scottish Football Podcast.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

In rising from political obscurity to challenge longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Platner has left Maine voters with two disparate impressions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Ad impressions and prices were higher on the year, as well.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Twenty-three years later, those first impressions have long since been replaced by lasting erosions.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

The increase itself is no mere matter of subjective impressions.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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