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as in camouflaged
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the spies disguised themselves as harmless tourists
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as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
that investigative reporter usually does a good job of disguising her true motives for interviewing a person
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Recent Examples of disguised
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Contestants must agree to extreme security surveillance Since the main goal of The Masked Singer is to try and guess who the disguised celebrity is under the mask, there is strict security on the production lot in an effort to prevent any identity reveals.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
But future surveys may reveal more disguised events like AT2025ulz, especially with next-generation observatories coming online.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
The gender nonconformity of the protagonists—all thinly disguised versions of Lee—is often obvious but never explicitly mentioned.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Fifteen superfans will walk around with disguised pre-release Pixel hardware.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Wilcox’s defenses have multiple fronts using four and three down linemen, stemming on the same play and disguised coverages.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
Our children and grandchildren will also likely face these same disguised attempts for decades to come—if there is anything left to protect, that is.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Listen for faint buzzing or clicks that might come from disguised devices.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Collectively, there is less tolerance for stubbornness disguised as conviction, as this transit favors multidimensional thinking and open dialogue.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.
—Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Malicious code disguised as images The group hid JavaScript inside PNG image files.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Whereas the Legion of Boom seldom disguised coverages and leaned on a couple of core defensive looks to inflict pain on its opponents, Macdonald’s defense has made a name for itself — literally — by mastering in multiplicity.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Exercise disguised as vacation.
—Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
There is no place for intimidation or ego tripping disguised as 'leadership' or for using titles and stages to instill fear and shame instead of empower.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
For anyone who grew up with a controller in hand, this console is a nostalgia machine disguised as a modern device.
—PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2025
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So far this season, Maye has thrived against disguised coverage, though few defenses on the Patriots’ schedule presented as difficult a test as the Chargers will.
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Nominees for foundation’s the Noble Prize include Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail in 2014 for his democracy campaign, but managed to escape the country disguised as an electrician in 2020 while under house arrest.
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So, who was that cloaked figure?—
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Throughout a two-hour concert with a 41-song setlist, The Weeknd transformed the 69,000-person venue into an apocalyptic land in the ruins of a city inhabited by cloaked figures.—
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Where that’s not possible, garages may be camouflaged in exceptionally creative screening.—
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So, while the animals still turn white, they may not be camouflaged.—
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There's no way this can be concealed.—
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Surveillance camera footage from a nearby residence showed Erik Campbell pleading with Thomas to show him what’s in his pocket; Thomas Campbell’s right hand was concealed inside a hoodie pocket.—
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Episode 3 ended with Ron, Eric Nam, Kristen Kish, and Caroline Stanbury all tied to trees and hilariously pleading for their lives while the Traitors and a masked executioner all just kind of stood there awkwardly.—
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The masked agent can be seen on video going to the scene where Good's car crashed into another, then walking away, getting into an SUV and leaving the area.—
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However, much remains shrouded in mystery more than a week into the investigation.—
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Her death remains shrouded in mystery to this day.—
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The island has been under growing pressure from Beijing, which encircled it last week in a large-scale military exercise that simulated a blockade.—
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And in a bit of parade magic, the creatives at AES also crafted the float with a pair of transporter pods made from golden red millet and blue statice that simulated sci-fi tech using a set of twins dressed in red Starfleet uniforms.—
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Compare that with bigger names like Rolex or Patek Philippe, where the payoff for spending more is deliberately obscured.—
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Shiri’s face was obscured by an image originally created by Vancouver street artist iHeart.—
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Inside, light from shaded lamps and sconces glows amber-soft.—
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Notice that nobody is in both shaded areas—that is, there’s no one who didn’t get bigger leg muscles during at least one of the two training periods.—
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“Disguised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disguised. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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