pass (someone or something) off as
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Chantal Martineau, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2015
Though the real number of people who saw the livestream isn’t known, the scammers were able to fool viewers using AI technology, with a voice convincing enough to pass off as the Tesla CEO’s.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
In the show, Halina uses coats to trade and pass off as Aryan.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2024
Across all versions, changelings could easily pass off as their human counterparts — their true likeness only exposed by way of trickery or beatings.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
There's a difference between imitating someone’s style for practice or in homage and copying it to pass off as your own.
—Vivian Lam, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
Along with fighting academic dishonesty, the tool could be used to detect AI misinformation campaigns or chatbots trying to pass off as human, the company said.
—Peter Weber, The Week, 31 Jan. 2023
Several of the pills were altered to pass off as legitimate oxycodone and Xanax pills, the press release added.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2022
The series is full of jokes that Will and Grace pass off as a couple and Jack, a theater geek and Will’s close friend, acts as the flamboyant counterpart to Will.
—André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 19 July 2022
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