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posed
[ pohzd ]
adjective
- (of a photograph, portrait, etc.) taken or made by first placing the subjects in a particular position or attitude:
The only posed photographs are the formal ones following the wedding ceremony.
- asserted, stated, or put forward:
A panel of invited experts will present scientific evidence pertinent to the posed questions.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of pose 1.
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Origin of posed1
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Example Sentences
The Perfect Storm writer talks combat brotherhood and the threat posed by growing wealth inequality.
Afterward, the graduates posed for pictures with their families.
After the Thursday prayer, the crowd of Congressional staff and lawmakers posed in the iconic, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose.
The RFI posed questions such as: “How does the company respond when one of its firearms is found to have been used in a crime?”
Actually, Brown lost the Senate race to Democrat incumbent Jean Shaheen because Scott once posed nude for Cosmo.
By the inspection of that secret entry he had learnt much regarding that man who posed as a doctor in Pimlico.
He posed as the lover of Mme. de Brebion, the wife of his best friend.
In Angouleme she posed as the antagonist of her friend, Mme. de Bargeton.
Never finish a figure begun out-doors by painting afterwards from a model posed in the house.
If I seem to have posed before you as a noble-minded philanthropist, I have been guilty of careless misrepresentation.
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