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as in veils
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
his unexpected friendliness is just a mask, for he always has an ulterior motive
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as in disguises
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the federal agents masked their surveillance vehicle so that it looked like an ordinary moving van
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as in hides
to keep secret or shut off from view
masked his real motives for wanting to see the house that was for sale
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Recent Examples of masks
Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
Greene refused to wear protective masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, racking up nearly $50,000 in fines for appearing maskless on the House floor.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Olson said the preliminary investigation indicated that two people wearing masks entered the store and tried to steal cigarettes.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Higgins said two males believed to be in their late teens or early 20s who were wearing masks ran off after the shooting.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Footage of the suspects shows them, clad in hoodies and masks, climbing over a wall and once inside the store, grabbing bags from the shelves.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
Patients, visitors, and staff at several Rhode Island and Massachusetts medical facilities are now required to wear masks at all times due to an uptick in respiratory virus cases in the area.
—Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
In 2013, my husband Dave and I hauled a beat-up, fire-engine-red suitcase overflowing with sheet masks, toners, snail creams, and pimple patches to the Hester Street Fair, a weekend market in the Lower East Side.
—Charlotte Cho, Allure, 3 Jan. 2026
And, in a series first, the identity of the celebrity under one of the masks will be known to the world (but not the panelists) ahead of time.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2026
To make a book rather than write one is to assemble something whose external form masks its more flexible potential.
—John Darnielle, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
However, this growth masks an emerging crisis.
—Nonprofit Institute, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
Investors say the pessimism looming over Reeves’ crucial Autumn Budget this week masks a range of contrarian opportunities across different sectors and asset classes.
—Ian King, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
The action is confined to the country estate where Hedda and her academic husband, George (Tom Bateman), throw a decadent party that masks their unhappiness.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Illiberal efficiency often masks deep fragility and capture.
—William Burke-White, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
Without those contributions, McCarthy wouldn’t have been standing at the lectern with the swagger that masks how hard his road has been.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
This cavalier approach masks an earlier struggle.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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The star also shared an adorable photo of the family’s matching Halloween costume, sharing an image of her, Luai, and Shammas wearing Batman costumes with masks and capes.
—Verb
Jordan Coleman steps in as Cheyenne Barnes, a bold hairstylist whose confidence masks years of unresolved pain, while Tunde Oyeneyin plays Madison Truitt, a driven entrepreneur navigating success, expectations, and the search for real partnership.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for masks
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There were also opportunities to secure unique stage props, artwork and costumes from previous pageant shows at the Bizarre Bazaar.—
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In an exclusive first look at the film's costumes, British Vogue spoke to costume designer Jacqueline Durran about her inspiration for some of her boldest looks for Robbie's Cathy.—
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Kay’s refined style – made up of ivory wool coats, pillbox hats and delicate face veils – is Marty’s aspirational opposite.—
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The embroidery in the veils is done by hand.—
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At great risk, Hamida disguises herself as a khes (a thick cotton cloth) seller and enters the house to plan with Lajo an escape route.—
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In Chad Powers, new episodes available to stream Tuesdays on Hulu, Powell plays hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as the titular football player to join a new team after tanking his own college career.—
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And while Americans’ overall ideological self-identification looks stable in the aggregate (37% very conservative/conservative, 34% moderate, 25% very liberal/liberal), a January 2025 Gallup poll shows that this steadiness hides tectonic tensions tugging beneath the surface.—
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Now, Scieszka’s debut filters Tuck Everlasting-esque immortality through the social media age—examining how someone hides their eternal lifespan from facial recognition technology and venture capitalists looking to capitalize upon family property and the ultimate anti-aging secrets.—
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The Goldwell Open Air Museum, next to the skeletal buildings of Rhyolite Ghost Town, is a large-scale sculpture installation created by a group of Belgian artists that’s complete with ghostly figures wearing white cloaks.—
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My freshman-year college roommate brought an entire underbed storage tub full of medieval costumes (multiple petticoats and cloaks).—
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Bedsure Twin Heated Blanket With a fleece top and faux shearling backing, the blanket’s thick fabric conceals the wires, giving it the feel of a cozy throw rather than a typical heated blanket.—
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Her go-to is the Madison Reed Radiant Hair Color Kit, a $35 at-home hair color box that conceals 100 percent of stubborn grays and enhances shine.—
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The 54 unidentified bodies were laid carefully in a long line of white shrouds as Palestinians gathered around the grave site.—
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That’s because cutting-edge encryption shrouds information behind mathematical problems (such as factoring enormous numbers) that are conjectured to be unsolvable in any practical amount of time.—
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In this way, Berlin and New York were linked as though through an imaginary tunnel that gave passage to the hidden or half-glimpsed sexualities that heteropatriarchy silences and obscures.—
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This deliberately obscures the possibility that some victims were lactating female bears — and for every dead mother, there was probably at least one cub in danger of dying from starvation.—
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“Masks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masks. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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