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• past participle of simulate.
• past tense form of simulate.

simulated

British  

/ ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

1. (of fur, leather, pearls, etc) being an imitation of the genuine article, usually made from cheaper material

2. (of actions, qualities, emotions, etc) imitated; feigned

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Explanation

A simulated thing pretends to be something it’s not, like a fire drill with fake smoke. Relax, it’s only a simulated emergency, created to feel exactly like the real thing. Simulated and similar have the same Latin root (similis), and a simulated situation is similar to the original, like a theme park that feels like India when you’re actually in Florida. Emotions can be simulated too, like your simulated sadness when you just want to get out of trouble. The word implies fakeness, but not always in a bad way. A simulated airflight video game can teach you how to fly without the negative side effects of crashing and dying.

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So I thought, OK, how about a simulated interview?

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

This interference completely suppressed the tunneling, leaving the simulated particle frozen in its original state.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

OpenAI also conducted extended simulated conversations about self-harm and found that Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol followed its safety policies in roughly 99% of responses, compared with 86% for its earlier GPT-5.6 Sol model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

When watching the film, the festival sets captured live blend seamlessly with the shots of the crowd, which were captured both live and simulated later in Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

We’d toured historic launch sites and working spaceflight facilities, strapped in for an eight-and-a-half-minute simulated space shuttle ascent into orbit, and met astronaut Fred Gregory.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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