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- noun Plural form of
fake .
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Examples
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Unfortunately, while the catch of fakes is often large, the ability of schools to accept more than a handful every few years or so is limited.
Daniel Grant: What Happens to Confiscated Art 'Fakes'? Daniel Grant 2010
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Unfortunately, while the catch of fakes is often large, the ability of schools to accept more than a handful every few years or so is limited.
Daniel Grant: What Happens to Confiscated Art 'Fakes'? Daniel Grant 2010
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The other major downside with fakes is that synthetic fibers take a really, really long time to break down -- anywhere from 500 to 1,000 years, if estimates for plastic-bag degradation are anything to go by.
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The other major downside with fakes is that synthetic fibers take a really, really long time to break down -- anywhere from 500 to 1,000 years, if estimates for plastic-bag degradation are anything to go by.
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Now, even post fakes from the 70s, 80s and 90s, from the old slower world must try to hide their old faking.
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Unfortunately, while the catch of fakes is often large, the ability of schools to accept more than a handful every few years or so is limited.
Daniel Grant: What Happens to Confiscated Art 'Fakes'? Daniel Grant 2010
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In my writing I got so interested in fakes that I finally came up with the concept of fake fakes.
Boing Boing: September 19, 2004 - September 25, 2004 Archives 2004
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Mr. Ford says stuffed fish could be easily identified as fakes in the photos.
Fishing for Nostalgia to Mark 100 Years of L.L. Bean Elva Ramirez 2012
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Nathanson said: "I've always been fascinated by the notion of fakes and frauds, and in this case, you had guys who pulled off the ultimate con, selling 30 million singles and 11 million albums and then becoming the biggest laughing-stocks of pop entertainment"
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The exhibit (which has also has an extensive web site: www. sos.state.mi.us/history/michrelics/) expertly explains how the artifacts were identified as fakes and fingers Scotford as the main culprit.
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