Thesaurus results for PASSES (FOR)

passes (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pass (for)

as in pretends

to present a false appearance of in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends

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Everyone pretends the films were chosen purely on merit, but the slate often reads Hollywood with a lanyard and a conscience.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Here, sometimes you get invited to dinner very quickly, and then, two years later, the person pretends not to know you anymore on the street.

— Baptiste Mandrillon, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

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Ray tracing is a rendering technique that simulates how light travels and interacts with surfaces to produce realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Here, what lies indoors simulates the beauty of the natural world.

— Carrie Honaker, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

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But much of the deleveraging framework, Condon acknowledged, assumes the underlying businesses continue to perform largely in line with their pre-transaction trajectories, making execution incredibly important.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
The White House’s claim that truckers will save more than $100 per fill-up assumes states suspend their own diesel taxes as well, which the order encourages but can’t require.

— Steven John, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

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