pasquinading

present participle of pasquinade

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Verb
  • The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the moon on Wednesday, carving out a crater and sending up a plume of dust and rubble that scientists — and skygazers — are eager to observe.
    Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Video shared through ViralHog captured the dramatic calving event as enormous chunks of ice plunged into the fjord, sending up a towering spray before a powerful wave begins racing toward the boat.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • As recently as five years ago, meme users were still mocking Cullen’s sparkling appearance.
    David Mack, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • He was criticized for outing LGBTQ+ stars who hadn’t revealed their sexuality publicly, and for bullying others by mocking their misfortune.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • GLP-1s work by mimicking glucagon-like peptide-1, a hormone in the body that regulates blood sugar, appetite, and digestion.
    Jessica Starr, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Many professional investors and funds closely track the index, either mimicking it or at least measuring their performance against it.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The future of flooring, countertops, and walls isn’t about imitating nature.
    Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In light of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), Loretto sounds a warning to leaders about imitating the language used by AI tools.
    Sally Percy, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Its proprietary signal incorporates a dynamic cryptographic watermark intended to protect users against spoofing.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • CyberGuy has also explained how scammers impersonate water and other utility companies by spoofing familiar phone numbers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The popular national chain of gas stations and convenience stores agreed to settle a lawsuit with an oddities store outside Winter Park earlier this year over a collection of merchandise parodying the company’s iconic, bucktoothed logo.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The chatbot would then produce a snide response parodying Chan.
    Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In response, the players went on strike, deriding the proposal as anti-labor.
    Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Polling suggests deriding Democrats as socialists also won't be effective come the November election.
    Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Pasquinading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinading. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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