Example Sentences

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Hall, a self-employed silversmith, first noticed symptoms after coming off the contraceptive pill which she said had been "masking" the pain for 10 years.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

"QVC's revenue had been masking a lot of operational inefficiencies," says John Levene, who focused on Dao's finances and operations.

From Inc • Dec. 8, 2011

At work was emerging sluggishness in Japanese exports to Europe and elsewhere in Asia � once resilient markets that previously had been masking growing weakness in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was then that I noticed the smell that the smoke-filled tunnel had been masking.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin