Thesaurus results for DISSEMBLES

dissembles

verb

present tense third-person singular of dissemble

as in pretends

to present a false appearance of he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else

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as in dissimulates

to take on a false or deceptive appearance children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age

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Recent Examples of dissembles With his multi-instrumentalist bandmates, PJ Moore and co-songwriter Robert Bell, Buchanan zooms into these exchanges to prolong them or dissembles them into jagged pieces that leave the bigger picture to us. — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026

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At one point, though, Jon Hamm does the voice of the mayor but there’s a robot who pretends to be him and is essentially wearing a mayor-skin suit.

— Marah Eakin, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
And Brand New Day pretends to tell that story, for about 20 minutes.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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As the force gradually assumes responsibility for police patrols, Haitian police will be able to redeploy to support operations in Kenscoff, the international force said.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
The problem is that the stock's valuation already assumes all of that keeps going, at a moment when the growth driver behind it (the AI-era power generation boom) is facing its first regulatory pushback.

— Tony Zhang, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

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The upcoming 2027 model will also be the first to feature E-Shift, an optional system that simulates the gear shifts of a combustion engine.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2026
The offense works on the underneath passing tree while the defense simulates coverage rules and passing off cross-under routes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

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