masquerading

Example Sentences

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I keep coming back to psychoanalyst Karen Horney’s 1950 discussion of neurosis and the professions—how they can attract exactly the wrong people, masquerading ideals they don’t possess.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

This may be a financial burden masquerading as an opportunity.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

To start, they’ve been masquerading as a vegetable when they are actually classified as botanical fruits.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Independent restaurants have accused global corporations of being "sneaky" and "a killer" to family businesses by masquerading as indies on delivery apps.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

Confronted with the new fact—that his company was effectively long $50 billion in triple-B subprime mortgage bonds, masquerading as triple-A-rated diversified pools of consumer loans—Cassano at first sought to rationalize it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis