as in reproduction
something that is made to look exactly like something else
a copy of the famous painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware"
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as in to reproduce
to make an exact likeness of
for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail
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as in to imitate
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices
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Recent Examples of copy
Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2026
The matter became public when a resident obtained a copy of a 2025 letter from the Fayette County Water System to QTS through a records request, which mentioned a retroactive charge of $147,474 for an unspecified number of months.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 May 2026
Companies brought design in-house, copying IDEO’s approach without needing to hire the agency.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 May 2026
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Noun
Miller will sign copies of the book after the program; copies are for sale at the Clinton Museum Store.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2026
The matter became public when a resident obtained a copy of a 2025 letter from the Fayette County Water System to QTS through a records request, which mentioned a retroactive charge of $147,474 for an unspecified number of months.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Verb
Ross Barkan, who is a contract writer for the magazine, first attracted critical scrutiny when one of his stories earlier this week on the conservative influencer Ben Shapiro appeared to copy another piece on Shapiro published days before in The Washington Post.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 May 2026
Companies brought design in-house, copying IDEO’s approach without needing to hire the agency.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copy
Noun
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Another painting in the cycle had been replaced by a yellowing photographic reproduction.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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The stigma tied to conditions framed primarily around reproduction—especially those that are often misdiagnosed or undertreated—can also affect a patient's mental health over time.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
14 May 2026
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According to the specs, the Spectra 6 can reproduce up to 60,000 colors with better saturation and contrast than any previous e-ink tech.—
Joe Salas
May 17,
New Atlas,
17 May 2026
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The moisture can create a perfect haven, if bacteria is present, to reproduce when the baked potato cools down while wrapped in foil and hits a temperature of 135 F to 41 F.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
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Researchers will wear sensors while carrying out laboratory tasks, allowing the system to capture movements, workflows, and decision-making patterns that robots can later imitate.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026
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What makes the campaign especially convincing is that each stage imitates familiar Apple, Google or Microsoft software behavior many Mac users already trust and routinely encounter.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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That, of course, is the same plate seen on the show, and the same one on the Volo Museum's replica.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Adult shirts are £85 for replicas, £12o for authentic cuts (closer to what players wear in games), and £130 for the authentic long sleeve version.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Back to my Taylor Sheirdan example, none of those wannabe Yellowstone shows have been as good, because his unique voice can’t be replicated.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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That decision — to rebuild rather than replicate — is the real story of what separates the companies pulling ahead with AI from the ones that aren’t.—
Dennis Woodside,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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Her own of-the-moment style was something that many Ron Herman shoppers sought to emulate.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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His biggest achievement at City has been winning the Premier League-Champions League-FA Cup treble in the 2022-23 season, emulating the feat of Manchester United in 1999.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Nvidia’s GPUs, first developed in 1999 for rendering graphics on computers and gaming consoles, function by breaking complex computing problems into smaller tasks and resolving them simultaneously.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, the man repeated.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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When the company investigated, the same issue had been repeated across a majority of the homes one of our many subcontractors worked on.—
Rick Tollakson,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copy. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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