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
Fraudsters could theoretically attempt to pass off a different insect species as one of those four.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Kelley Warburton scored on a 30-yard pass off a trick play early in the fourth quarter as the Huskies tried to fight back.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2024
In Monday’s interview, he tried to pass off this turnabout as obvious, as if he had believed it all along.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2024
In Cleopatra’s absence, Arsinoe had tried to pass off an imposter as Ptolemy XIII, alive and well and claiming his place on the throne.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
