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pretended

Synonyms

Adjective

1. assumed

2. false, fictitious, fictive, put on, sham, counterfeit, imitative

Usage
‘The crying. The theatrics’: Man says scammer pretended to be someone he raised - WSOC TV
Impersonator pretends to be New Mexico public officials supporting Project Jupiter - KRQE
I Won’t Pretend These Missiles Are Stars: Life in Iran During the 12-Day War - The Comics Journal
‘The crying. The theatrics’: Man says scammer pretended to be someone he raised - WSOC TV
Martina Navratilova: ‘I came out 45 years ago. I never pretended’ - The Times
Working-class zeroes: Radical socialist Democrats pretend to be blue-collar allies - Washington Examiner
This Site Lets You Pretend To Order Food To Get That Dopamine Hit Without Spending Money - My Modern Met
Three things we need to stop pretending about Gen AI - Marketing-Interactive
Former Wiltshire Police officer who pretended to be working banned - BBC
He pretended to be a professional cyclist to steal bicycles worth more than 50,000 euros until another cyclist denounced him in Reus. - APD Noticies
How an Indian-origin con man pretended to be a CIA agent to secure defence deals from Indonesian President | World News - Hindustan Times
"Teacher Pretended Nobody Was Missing": Parents Of Girl Who Jumped To Death - NDTV
Meta Operated a Secret Program That Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Pretend to Be Children and Teenagers While Having Disturbing Conversations With AI - Futurism
Woman aged 28 pretended to be 16 and enrolled at New York high school before arrest - The Guardian
Pretend Play May Help Kids’ Mental Health - Today's Parent
Venezuelan man who pretended to be a teen to attend high school faces additional years in prison - KWQC
Woman who pretended to be pregnant teen and cyberstalked, threatened to kill TN parents looking to adopt sentenced to less than 2 years in prison - WSMV
Greg Gutfeld: Gone are the days when Democrats even pretended to be patriotic - Fox News
Can Claude unlock hidden powers by pretending to be Fable 5? I tried it - PCWorld
Asking Eric: I’m having trouble pretending like everything is OK - Chicago Tribune
'I put on a beautiful white suit, blasted Elton John ... and pretended my heart was not completely breaking' - Newsday
The Era of Pretending Not To Care: Nonchalance Culture - trillmag.com
Scammers Pretended To Be Forum's Mina Kim. Here's Why - KQED
Las Vegas teacher ‘pretended to stab’ students, displayed other questionable behavior: police - KLAS 8 News Now
EES: Stop pretending EU's new border system is working, says airports chief - BBC
MG says it’s not a ‘pretend British’ brand - CarExpert
Venezuelan man who pretended to be a teen in Perrysburg sentenced to an additional four years in prison - WTVG
Venezuelan man who pretended to be a teen in Perrysburg sentenced to an additional 4 years in prison - WTVG
Albuquerque woman who pretended to be a nurse who failed to report to court ordered program is arrested - KRQE
“Extend and pretend” is not real, Fed economist says - The Real Deal
DA: Suspect in cold case ‘Lovers’ Lane’ murder pretended to be a police officer - Court TV
Sheriff Pat Labat’s wife says someone pretended to be her to get out of traffic stop - WSB-TV
A Queer Writer’s Survival Guide to the Literary Agent Hypocrisy Circus: PRETEND vs. ACTUAL - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Martin Short recalls feeling overwhelmed by the idea of pretending to be happy for Bill Murray's success - Entertainment Weekly
Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health - The Conversation
I'll Never Be a Morning Person—and I'm Done Pretending It's a Problem - Real Simple
Opinion | Why Does OpenAI Pretend to Be a Nonprofit? - WSJ
Why some of the best athletes in the world pretend to be someone else - The New York Times
Henderson woman pretended to be hotel employee to scam family out of nearly $20K while faking cancer - KLAS 8 News Now
Two Scary Numbers Hollywood’s Pretending Not to See - The Ankler
‘Stop pretending we don’t exist’: Seoul fills its streets with Pride colour - The Guardian
Man pretended to be heir to Harlem brownstone, then stole it, Manhattan DA says - Gothamist
ICRC President: "We can no longer pretend that what we are witnessing across war zones is in accordance with the law" - ICRC
Minister deletes social post that pretended to be CBC headline - Cabin Radio
‘Extend and Pretend’ Era Ends as Real Estate Lenders Take Losses - Bloomberg.com
Samara Weaving Once Pretended That She Was Her Lookalike Friend Margot Robbie at an Airport - instyle.com
Man who pretended to be attorney in Las Vegas pleads guilty - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Pretend you’re dead. Queer author Julián Delgado Lopera will carry you - Los Angeles Times
Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You by undefined - Publishers Weekly
Woman pretended to be Pa. Game Commission officer, tried to get out of traffic ticket, police say | Slate Belt Area - WFMZ.com
VA man pretended to be pastor, sexually assaulted woman during 'counseling session': Police - FOX 5 DC
Telford man pretended to be young girl online to speak to paedophile because he was lonely, court told - Shropshire Star
Ex-corporate worker pretended to work for a year - HR Magazine
User Clip: Trump pretending to be a Virginia voter - C-SPAN
‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51 - The Guardian
Playing ‘Pretend City’ Has Real Benefits - Energized by Edison
Elderly couple targeted by scammer pretending to be actor Tom Selleck found dead - KTLA
‘I feel like I’m living a lie’: My husband and I pretend we’re strapped for cash in front of friends. Is that bad? - MarketWatch
Stop pretending you don’t get it - VTDigger
Don’t pretend to like football - The Spectator
Why the Extend-and-Pretend Story Was Wrong - Propmodo
I love Jerusalem too much to pretend it holds only one story - The Times of Israel
Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo - Science | AAAS
Lying counsellor Tania Dhillon pretended to be a psychologist in court - Region Canberra
A bonobo named Kanzi could play pretend, challenging ideas about animal imaginations - news - Mongabay
16 suspected sexual predators arrested after NC law enforcement pretended to be minors online - WRAL
Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out - PBS
Playing Pretend Provides Unexpected Benefits For Growing Kids - HealthDay
Early pretend play is linked to better mental health years later - PsyPost
To teach social-emotional skills, does a robot need to pretend to be human? - University of Chicago News
Thailand cracks down on foreign enterprises that pretend to be local - Nikkei Asia
A bonobo’s imaginary tea party hints that apes can pretend - Science News Explores
Stop pretending privacy is a privilege - The Baylor Lariat
Stop pretending USAID’s takedown was about doing development better - Devex
A bonobo tea party: Study shows humans aren't the only species that can pretend - NBC News
Model Collapse Is Already Happening, We Just Pretend It Isn’t - Communications of the ACM
Can Apes Play Pretend? What Scientists Learned From Having Imaginary 'Tea Parties' With Kanzi the Bonobo - Smithsonian Magazine
Robby Hoffman pretended to be a courier to advance her comedy career - CBC
When Americans in Ireland are pretending to be Canadian, something’s amiss - The Boston Globe
Doctors need to stop pretending to have all the answers. ‘I don’t know’ does not mean ‘I have nothing to offer’ - The Guardian
Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought - The Guardian
Donald Trump Is Pretending to Be a Knicks Fan for One Reason and One Reason Only - Slate Magazine
How The Nation’s Most Powerful Crime Boss Faked Insanity For Decades To Avoid Prison - All That's Interesting
Want Your Teen Daughter To Talk To You? Try Playing Pretend Again - Scary Mommy
Say this for Pete Golding: He doesn't pretend Ole Miss follows NCAA rules - USA Today
Man pretending to be an officer in Greenville was undocumented, police say - WYFF News 4
Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron - Defector
A bonobo’s pretend tea party is rewriting what we know about imagination - ScienceDaily
A bonobo’s imaginary tea party suggests apes can play pretend - Science News
Is the Future of Hollywood Just Me Pretending to Be Superman? - The New York Times
Bonobos are capable of pretend play, just like human children - CNN
Grok tells researchers pretending to be delusional ‘drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards’ - The Guardian
Daily briefing: Bonobo’s tea party is first demonstration of pretend play in a non-human - Nature
Millions of people are pretending to be AI chatbots — for fun - NPR
Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry - BBC
Arkansas State Police warn about phone scammers pretending to be investigators - KARK
I Pretended to Love the Villain… Now He Won’t Let Me Go - YouTube
Megyn Kelly on US-Iran ceasefire: “I'm not willing to pretend that this is some huge victory for us” - Media Matters for America
I turned off Google Photos' Ask Photos because search shouldn't pretend to be a chatbot - Android Police
Dog the Bounty Hunter Pretended To Knock Out the Easter Bunny: ‘No Warrants. Just Eggs and Candy' - Yahoo
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'pretended'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
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Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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