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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are pretend" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as "are" should not be paired with "pretend" in this context.
Example: "They are pretending to be someone else."
Alternatives: "are acting" or "are faking".
Dictionary
are pretend
verb
To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
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Some of them are real, some of them are pretend.
We too often make films that are pretend American films.
They are not real soldiers after all - they are pretend soldiers, and the pretending is what Lasseter has dramatised.
And this is not a "good governance" division of the role of chairman and of CEO: these CEOs are pretend CEOs.
Turns out the best way to get them out of the house is for a corporation to tell them there are pretend cartoon monsters over the road.
Kataria told his trainees that laughter yoga "is based upon the scientific fact that, even if you laugh for the sake of laughing, even if you are pretend laughing, your body cannot tell the difference".
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In fact, they are pretending that they never had it.
Wrote another mourner: "Today you see a lot of child actors; many of them are pretend-innocent or just pretentious.
This could indicate that you have the same taste in music (you want to fuck them) or you are pretend-psyched about their exam results (you still want to fuck them).
They are pretending to be traditional healers.
"The displaced people are pretending," Abdulghafour said.
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