masking

"A lot of it is down to masking. Pretending you're not struggling, fitting in with social norms."

For skeptics still attached to the idea of AI investment masking wider weakness, maybe data from banks are more convincing.

Immigration changes and baby boomer retirements may have permanently altered labor supply, masking weakness in hiring demand.

At UC, protest rules have been revamped with bans on encampments, masking to hide identity while breaking the law, and student government boycotts of Israel.

Easy financial conditions are “masking, not arresting” softening in the U.S. economy, including job creation, she warned.