masking
Example Sentences
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They’ve become experts in kayfabe, the dramatic art of masking fake conflict as real.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Hall, a self-employed silversmith, first noticed symptoms after coming off the contraceptive pill which she said had been "masking" the pain for 10 years.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Davis and Head make strong impressions, masking the pedestrian, sometimes cornball dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Instead, researchers could only determine an average energy loss rate, masking the true and often unstable behavior of the qubit.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
“If I can’t use a computer,” she said, barely masking her desperation, “then I can’t do the one thing I’m good at. The thing that makes me special.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
