How to Use emulation in a Sentence

emulation

noun
  • Legal emulation or no, Yuzu may not want to risk finding out in a court of law.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2024
  • After all, this is not about emulation or trying to make a whisky carbon copy.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Our Xbox emulation tests resulted in frame rates all over the shop.
    — Wired, 9 Aug. 2022
  • And so, in emulation, the founders gave us three equal branches of government.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2019
  • All that was required was a tiny elite of warriors to trigger the emulation from below.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2010
  • But as with old video games, emulation offers a much more convenient way to run old software.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2022
  • That, and the legality of emulation tricks like this can be a little hazy.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2016
  • Biomimicry, the emulation of nature to solve complex design problems, is on the rise as well.
    — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 June 2024
  • Sega has offered its retro games on the iPhone before in emulation but with a standalone app for each game.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This taught me that not everyone worthy of love is worthy of emulation.
    — Quinn Norton, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The Current captain is the perfect emulation of the city and leads the team with her voice and play on the field.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
  • But Cifaldi said that without tools like emulation, video games would go the way of historic films.
    — Bijan Stephen, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Now a team of preservationists is using emulation to bring them back.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 20 Nov. 2020
  • His rise to fame not only inspired many runners and skiers but invited study and emulation.
    — Nick Heil, Outside Online, 12 July 2018
  • Nintendon’t Companies have long turned a blind eye to emulation, but maybe that’s going to change soon.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 27 July 2018
  • This 8-bit re-release has some emulation-like tweaks and perks, but this is otherwise not a remake.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Think one-for-one emulation with a sprinkling of current-day additions.
    — Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Billye reminds us that there is a vast array of nonhuman life that is worthy of emulation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • There are several dozen grand ayatollahs and sources of emulation in the world.
    — Eric Lob, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Some stand strong in emulation of trees, and others are tattered wall pieces with imprinted outlines of human faces.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • Profit breeds emulation, and if romance is back other filmmakers are likely to take it on.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Should Stewart decide to reintroduce length in her life, the process is bound to be marked by moments rife for emulation.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 29 June 2017
  • How does Ciri’s emulation of Geralt prepare her to take on any foe or doom her to a life of otherness — or both?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Non-native apps can run in the emulation layer in Windows on Arm called Prism.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Some who know him see that as a conscious emulation of Mao, who prided himself on his literary prowess.
    — Jeremy Page, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2020
  • In Fraley’s eyes, emulation is a sign of a successful release.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • People around the world must once again come to see the United States as a democracy worthy of emulation.
    — Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
  • Other readers, however, have seen in her a strong woman worthy of emulation.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The monuments on display at Studio Gallery were made by nature, or in emulation of it.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Plus, the United States can no longer pass itself off as a democracy worthy of emulation.
    — Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2022

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