Thesaurus results for PHONYING

phonying

verb

present participle of phony

as in forging

to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive the terrorists were able to move around the country using phonied driver's licenses

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And yes, in 1861, Richard Cadbury came up with the Valentine box of chocolates, thus forging an indissoluble link between candy and the lucrative holiday calendar for all time to come.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
Eisenkot has cultivated a reputation for integrity, competence, and personal rectitude, forging relationships across Israel’s fractured political spectrum.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of forging

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The effort to combat escalating instances of counterfeiting coincides with statewide efforts to tamp down retail crime.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Perez-Labrada was arrested Tuesday and charged with counterfeiting goods involving 1,000 or more items or a total retail value of $20,000 or more, records show.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterfeiting

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The mission involved faking a plane crash and planting documents on a dead body, convincing Hitler to move thousands of troops.

— Courtney Cole, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Harry and Meghan appear more interested in faking the image of royalty than embracing its purpose.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of faking

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For example, at a 25% window size, the white box occupies a quarter of the black background, thus simulating 25% APL.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026
Researchers estimated in 2017 that simulating the ground-state energy of FeMoco, an iron-sulfur cluster involved in biological nitrogen fixation, would require roughly 50 trillion Toffoli gates.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

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