- present participle of masquerade.
masquerading
Example Sentences
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The agent even sent people direct messages masquerading as the real people it had researched.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
I hadn’t learned yet that I was a Type A person masquerading as Type B. The disguise began to fray almost immediately.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Employees often feel safer owning the company they know, but that can be familiarity bias masquerading as investment analysis,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“This is a fight about vibes and personalities masquerading as a policy dispute,” said Michael Horowitz, a former Defense Department official who worked on AI policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
It’s a vast congregation of hunger, infectious disease, and desperation, masquerading as opportunity.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
