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as in pretense
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
he allowed himself to dine at fine restaurants all over the world under the guise of research for his book on international cuisine
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as in costume
clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation
she felt as though she should be wearing some sort of Germanic guise, complete with dirndl, for the fall festival featuring traditional German food and drink
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as in mask
clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else
he sneaked into the castle to rescue Ivanhoe in the guise of a priest coming to give Ivanhoe his last rites
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as in appearance
outward and often deceptive indication
hazing rituals may have the guise of harmless fun, but often the reality is serious physical abuse
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Recent Examples of guise
But the 48-year-old was arrested at his Las Vegas home in January 2023, accused of luring girls from California to Canada and allegedly raping them and making some his spiritual wives under the false guise of traditional practices.
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Sean Keane, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
That day, the 13-year-old had taken a trip with Oliver from their neighborhood in Eau Claire, Wis., to Madison, Wis., under the guise that Oliver was taking Jessyca to a meeting with a publisher who was interested in her work.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Nadia, the Russian mail-order bride of Jez Butterworth’s 2001 film Birthday Girl, bounces unnervingly among multiple guises: seducer, charlatan, love interest.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
Too often what makes it to our screens, even in the high-gloss guise of prestige programming, isn’t a triumph of intelligent, boundary-exploding storytelling.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Sean Keane, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
That day, the 13-year-old had taken a trip with Oliver from their neighborhood in Eau Claire, Wis., to Madison, Wis., under the guise that Oliver was taking Jessyca to a meeting with a publisher who was interested in her work.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Nadia, the Russian mail-order bride of Jez Butterworth’s 2001 film Birthday Girl, bounces unnervingly among multiple guises: seducer, charlatan, love interest.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
Too often what makes it to our screens, even in the high-gloss guise of prestige programming, isn’t a triumph of intelligent, boundary-exploding storytelling.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guise
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Electronic surveillance itself doesn’t make The Conversation a political film; Caul’s paranoia comes from his apolitical pretense.Armond White, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
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But in his youth lies the reason for anonymity and pretense, Hoback claims.Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
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Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent Productions is a coproducer on the film, and many of the costumes came from Vaccarello’s archives.Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Last night at the Zanuck Theater on the Fox Lot in Los Angeles, the film screened for the first time in front of an audience with Mangold, as well as stars Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro, costume designer Arianne Phillips, and production designer François Audouy all in attendance.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
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Also toward the film’s climax, the Wizard’s mechanical mask may be considered frightening — before, as in The Wizard of Oz, a harmless man (Jeff Goldblum) emerges from behind its curtain.Jen Juneau, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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This eye mask is made from memory foam that moulds to your shape and has a smooth ice silk lining for a cooling feel.Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Which is why those Big Noon appearances are so important.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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During an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, president-elect Donald Trump criticized the Chips Act which was passed by the Biden administration in 2022 — partly to spur domestic advanced chip manufacturing.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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The symbols showed images of fringed textiles and vessels being carried in nets, many of which are moving toward building facades.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The concept of the new boutique is defined by a bright facade bathed in backlight, with crisscrossing lines creating green triangular shapes that echo the brand’s classic logo.Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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Bey, ever ready to add some joy to our drab lives dressed up in garb that was inspired by countless looks by an unabashed style icon, Pamela Anderson.Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Nov. 2024
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From elaborate cosplay quality getups to quick slip-over garb, here are six ideas for two-person costumes to try out this Halloween.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
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Crye loses out on valuable sales to unlicensed mills overseas that print copies of its patented camouflage, called MultiCam, on ponchos, pants, shirts and hats that sell on Amazon and other marketplaces without Crye’s permission.Annie Palmer,Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Octopuses have often been thought to avoid other members of their species and prowl solo using camouflage.Evan Bush, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
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The intensity between Paul (10-1, 7 KOs) and Tyson (50-6, 44 knockouts) has continued to build, as just last night, the 58-year-old slapped Paul across his left cheek as the two came face to face during the pre-fight weigh-in.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The remark came at a Feb. 10 campaign rally in South Carolina when Trump brought up a hypothetical question about whether a NATO nation lagging in its defense obligation could count on U.S. assistance in the face of aggression.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Guise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guise. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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