masking

Example Sentences

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They’ve become experts in kayfabe, the dramatic art of masking fake conflict as real.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Hall, a self-employed silversmith, first noticed symptoms after coming off the contraceptive pill which she said had been "masking" the pain for 10 years.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Instead, researchers could only determine an average energy loss rate, masking the true and often unstable behavior of the qubit.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

Yet that indiscriminate selling may be masking some hidden value.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Clay and Tabitha both have the same kind of reactions, but are more successful at masking them.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy