pass off
Example Sentences
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“But, especially in places like math and coding, you can pass off the output of LLMs to, or direct the LLMs with, other technologies that had lost favor but actually are very useful.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The majority of students — 80% — say they would not use AI to submit classwork to pass off as their own.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Dobie also had a hand in Rowe's second-half try before collecting Van der Merwe's pass off the floor to sprint in for a well-deserved hat-trick.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
She pointed out that it was “silly” that a 30-year-old man was trying pass off yelling at teenagers as “debate.”
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025
It starts quietly enough, a whisper I can pass off as the wind, a scrape that sounds like the echo of my footsteps on the cracked ground.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
