as in synthetic
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
even the celebrity interior designer was fooled by the faux marble
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Recent Examples of faux
Better Homes & Gardens Marble Toothbrush Holder This luxe faux marble toothbrush holder from Better Homes & Gardens looks so much more expensive than its under-$10 price tag.
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Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Just purchase some faux turf, which Courtnay Tartt Elias, the founder of Creative Tonic in Houston, notes is excellent for a small apartment balcony.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025
Only limited types of material will be available, including flame-resistant thread, faux fur, polyester fiberfill and certain types of fabric.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, everything from glittering evening gowns to chunky winter coats — in materials ranging from cascading tulle to shaggy faux furs — offered the kind of theatricality fashion-watchers now expect from a man who once trained as a costume designer.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
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Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Just purchase some faux turf, which Courtnay Tartt Elias, the founder of Creative Tonic in Houston, notes is excellent for a small apartment balcony.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025
Only limited types of material will be available, including flame-resistant thread, faux fur, polyester fiberfill and certain types of fabric.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, everything from glittering evening gowns to chunky winter coats — in materials ranging from cascading tulle to shaggy faux furs — offered the kind of theatricality fashion-watchers now expect from a man who once trained as a costume designer.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faux
Adjective
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Money laundering operations are increasingly leveraging synthetic identities to obscure illicit financial flows.—
Parya Lotfi,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The synthetic test results suggest a substantial performance gain when moving from the RTX 4060 Ti to the RTX 5060 Ti across the board.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Fooling the government about your fake relationship is one thing, but fooling your family is a whole other challenge of its own.—
Toubee Yang,
Them.,
18 Apr. 2025
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This dog sofa features furniture-quality construction, with fake leather upholstery, memory foam internal padding and legs to hold it off the floor.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Darvish will need at least a few full-intensity turns in the bullpen and some combination of two or three minor-league starts and simulated games before returning, which means his season debut would come no sooner than mid-May.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Watching Wyatt Russell navigate a literal house of horrors, continuously questioning the nature of the reality in front of his simulated eyes, is one of the series best examples of being trapped inside an idea as much as any physical place.—
Steve Greene,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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No more tight ringlets—only soft, unfurled, velvety hair that moved with the artificial grace of a shampoo commercial actress who's probably wearing extensions anyway.—
Liz Krieger,
Allure,
15 Apr. 2025
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Bees are said to be more drawn to feeders featuring yellow parts, such as artificial flowers or bee guards, says Witko.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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During the flight, SpaceX plans to test Starship’s ability to deploy payloads by simulating the deployment of Starlink satellites with what amount essentially to four dummy satellites.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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But the pop-up is merely a dummy window inside the phishing page, as Silent Push’s video shows.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the jitters still shook him, a false-start whistle blowing on his first 40-yard attempt at February’s NFL combine.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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Sanchez and her co-conspirators created false documents for the victims, including Permanent Residence cards and Social Security cards, and helped the victims find employment in the Hartford area.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Without further ado, here is the sixth iteration of mock drafts, with this being the mock draft just before the final one, which will be put out on the day of the draft.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Here’s our latest projections, in the Star-Telegram’s mock draft 2.0: FIRST ROUND 1.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Faux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faux. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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