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

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

Yet that indiscriminate selling may be masking some hidden value.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Luma took down their names and ages, and with the help of the team manager, Tracy, wrote their names on strips of masking tape, which the women plastered across the backs of the boys’ T-shirts.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John