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"word": "fauxcest"
},
{
"word": "faux contact"
},
{
"word": "faux Cyrillic"
},
{
"word": "fauxgasm"
},
{
"word": "faux gras"
},
{
"word": "fauxgressive"
},
{
"word": "fauxhawk"
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{
"word": "fauxhemian"
},
{
"word": "fauxlex"
},
{
"word": "fauxligraphy"
},
{
"word": "fauxlography"
},
{
"word": "fauxmance"
},
{
"word": "fauxminist"
},
{
"word": "fauxmosexual"
},
{
"word": "fauxnetic"
},
{
"word": "Faux News"
},
{
"word": "fauxpen"
},
{
"word": "fauxpology"
},
{
"word": "faux queen"
},
{
"word": "fauxtatoes"
},
{
"word": "fauxtina"
},
{
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{
"word": "fauxtography"
},
{
"word": "fauxtomation"
}
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"ref": "2008, James Chandler, Maureen N. McLane, The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry",
"text": "He modernizes the faux-archaic “withouten wind, withouten tide” to the more pointed and concrete “without a breeze, without a tide.”",
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{
"ref": "2012, Susan Crabtree, Peter Beudert, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques, page 392",
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{
"ref": "2012, Annie Padden Jubb, David Jubb, LifeFood Recipe Book: Living on Life Force, page 196",
"text": "Run grapes, either frozen, chilled, or room temperature, through your juicer for an incredible grape faux wine.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2021 February 7, Daniel Kreps, “Watch ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewer Super Bowl Sunday”, in Rolling Stone",
"text": "The pregame crew then showed a pair of faux-Super Bowl ads, including an unnecessarily woke Cheez-It commercial and a Papa John’s ad that fully embraces Pizzagaters.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2022 November 21, Julie Creswell, “Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on dinner plates in homes throughout the United States and on the menu boards of chans like Subway, Carl’s Jr. and Starbucks.",
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"artificial"
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{
"word": "faux bois"
},
{
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}
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"word": "cod"
},
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"word": "mock"
}
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fake or artificial",
"word": "nep-"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fake or artificial",
"word": "onecht"
},
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"word": "vals"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
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{
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"ref": "2008, James Chandler, Maureen N. McLane, The Cambridge Companion to British Romantic Poetry",
"text": "He modernizes the faux-archaic “withouten wind, withouten tide” to the more pointed and concrete “without a breeze, without a tide.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Susan Crabtree, Peter Beudert, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques, page 392",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Annie Padden Jubb, David Jubb, LifeFood Recipe Book: Living on Life Force, page 196",
"text": "Run grapes, either frozen, chilled, or room temperature, through your juicer for an incredible grape faux wine.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 February 7, Daniel Kreps, “Watch ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skewer Super Bowl Sunday”, in Rolling Stone",
"text": "The pregame crew then showed a pair of faux-Super Bowl ads, including an unnecessarily woke Cheez-It commercial and a Papa John’s ad that fully embraces Pizzagaters.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 21, Julie Creswell, “Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on dinner plates in homes throughout the United States and on the menu boards of chans like Subway, Carl’s Jr. and Starbucks.",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fake or artificial",
"word": "nep-"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fake or artificial",
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"lang": "Dutch",
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"word": "vals"
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"sense": "fake or artificial",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fake or artificial",
"word": "artefarita"
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"sense": "fake or artificial",
"word": "keinotekoinen"
},
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"sense": "fake or artificial",
"word": "faux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fake or artificial",
"word": "falsch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fake or artificial",
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"sense": "fake or artificial",
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"word": "contrafăcut"
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"sense": "fake or artificial",
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