Thesaurus results for PASSES OFF

passes off

verb

present tense third-person singular of pass off

as in wishes

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable the con man tried to pass off a piece of blue glass as a sapphire

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Recent Examples of passes off Jadyn Glasser completed 13 of 15 passes off the bench for 88 yards for Central Michigan (2-2). — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 The Trojans ran the ball from shotgun with a tight end (or two) assisting while completing passes off play-action — with RPOs and quick passes to negate Mizzou’s rush. — Pj Green september 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026 If Clark does manage to get passes off, USC’s lockdown secondary has the chance to live up to the hype. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025

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Top Pick’s owner, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a high-net-worth, strategic foreign investor, according to Choi.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Keldermans thanked everyone who participated and extended birthday wishes to one community member’s grandson.

— Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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Florida law imposes limits on direct contributions to state candidates but generally allows political committees to accept unlimited contributions, subject to applicable reporting and other legal requirements.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Israel regularly imposes restrictions on movement across the Palestinian occupied territory with some 925 checkpoints, roadblocks, earth mounds and other barriers.

— Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

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That’s because of the massive opportunity cost such dollarless drudgery inflicts.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
The betrayal Murray inflicts on Tremblay’s Kaczynski is compelling, even as the film presses it into service as an explanation for every horror that followed.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026

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