putting

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting showing off

NOUN

miniature golf

Synonyms

WEAK

mini golf par-three golf peewee golf putt-putt

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"Putting Conversation Focus behind a paywall feels wrong," said one user who wrote, external to Meta Ray-Ban product lead David Woodland.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Putting aside the chutzpah of the bootstrapping, it’s not clear that the court is wrong.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

More on this: Putting your baby to work as a model could net them $5.7 million by age 60.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

Putting my first special out has been so liberating because as a comedian, we can toil and toil forever, moving punchlines around, moving premises around, and new current events can influence your content.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Putting her bureau in order, he thought, for he could hear her opening drawers and closing them.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

putting

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