Thesaurus results for IMPERSONATING

impersonating

verb

present participle of impersonate

as in mocking

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher

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as in playing

to present a portrayal or performance of interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town

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Recent Examples of impersonating One is the behavior Mythos engaged in, which included spinning up fake GitHub accounts, and, in at least one case, impersonating a real software developer, to try to convince Demir to drop his objections to the dangerous code. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Scammers take advantage of that by impersonating the travel brands and messages consumers already trust. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Getty Images Fraudsters are mailing physical letters to crypto holders, impersonating the IRS and directing recipients to a fake government website. — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Less than a decade ago, Jordan Firstman went megaviral for impersonating banana bread’s publicist. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026 Goods’ son also got a call the family believes was from someone impersonating his missing mother. — Madison Lambert, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 The Monroe Public Safety Department and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office are warning residents about scam phone calls impersonating police. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 The Good Will Hunting star portrayed Merritt Rook, an audio engineer impersonating a police officer on phone calls. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026 While chatting about her famous dad, Sunny recalled impersonating him as a kid alongside her older sister Sadie. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

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Former Ferrari president and chairman Luca di Montezemolo joined analysts and investors in mocking the model as ugly and decidedly un-Ferrari-like at a time where other luxury automakers were scaling back their own EV efforts amid low demand.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Thousands of comments flooded the post mocking the department for spending its time on such a trivial matter.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026

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That more or less happened this week, with dozens of Fox News segments about Piker, portraying him as a left-wing kingmaker and the id of the socialist movement.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Fallout continued Thursday for content creator and apparel brand Good Good Golf over an ad that was supposed to promote a new Callaway driver but ended up being criticized for portraying violence against women.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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There are no Cubs players involved in the TikTok series, the Cubs told me, which is unfortunate since Crow-Armstrong has acting in his DNA — his mother and father are both actors — and probably would be at least as good as Damon.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Along with the move back to Britain, Meghan’s acting return was a subject the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had reportedly been discussing for some time, according to People.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of acting

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Prior to touching down in Canada, Perry had been performing Down Under for an extended run.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
For about 25 years, Morgan, 60, chipped away at success, performing consistently in comedy clubs, corporate events and fundraisers while raising three children.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of performing

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Images depicting the deaths of Trump and members of his family have since featured prominently in Iranian calls for revenge.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
There’s a new, algorithm-jacking crop of clips depicting record-breaking (and just, uh, breaking) humanoid Chinese robots thanks to the recent World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of depicting

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This includes interpreting standing rules and precedents, advising on the wording of motions, helping formulate statements, and answering parliamentary inquiries or points of order.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Pitch-reading is far from an exact science, and plenty of highly experienced, intelligent players and pundits are completely in the dark about interpreting a 22-yard section of grass.

— Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of interpreting

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