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as in performer
an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements
that annoying mime on the sidewalk is pretending to be in an invisible box again
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as in gesture
a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling
the speech-impaired patient had to convey his wishes with mime or scribbled notes
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as in to imitate
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
as a joke, Eric knelt by the dinner table and began miming a dog begging for food
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Recent Examples of mime
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
6 Apr. 2026
Expertise in using one’s body (think dancers or mimes).
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Big Think,
6 Apr. 2026
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Before the group came out, a group of extras mimed drinking tea and feasting on pastries, with pinky fingers aloft — per the song’s innate spoofing of the etiquette stereotypically associated with tea drinking.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Noun
From ringmasters and lions to clowns and mimes, everyone went all out with their party attire.
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Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
6 Apr. 2026
Expertise in using one’s body (think dancers or mimes).
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Big Think,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
Standing before the microphone on the Constitution Hall stage, Nikhil asked for the latter word’s definition, language of origin and other identifying information while his fingers mimed typing.
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Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Before the group came out, a group of extras mimed drinking tea and feasting on pastries, with pinky fingers aloft — per the song’s innate spoofing of the etiquette stereotypically associated with tea drinking.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mime
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In an effort to create at last some variety to their shows, and maybe a surprise, a band or performer is now more apt to tinker with their set list.
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Left-back Douglas Santos has never been a top-class performer.
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In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI rescinded the excommunications of the surviving bishops as a gesture towards reconciliation.
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People would hang from windows, encouraging you to do naughty things, and my thumb has never been sorer from back-and-forth gestures.
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Here was a government that had explicitly borrowed from Beijing’s developmental playbook and sincerely attempted to imitate it, but failed.
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These are glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists that imitate a natural hormone in the gut.
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The tension between the two boils over into a confrontation which only Eisenhower can adjudicate, a task complicated by his own arrogant British subordinate, a wiry and dislikable General Bernard Montgomery - played with a villainous verve bordering on the pantomime by Damian Lewis.
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Francis proceeds with an over-the-top childbirth pantomime that culminates in the new dad being egged on to cut the rope umbilical cord.
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The system for copying parts of the genome into RNA for protein production comes from a virus called T7.
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Her own granddaughter's baptism dress included embroideries copied from that dress.
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The group demonstrated near the Washington Monument and was met by a few counter protestors, one of which played clown music throughout the majority of the demonstration.
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But many did not, as the 1981 episodes tell the grim tale of a young girl named Sylvia (Barash), who is raped by a stranger wearing a horrifying clown mask.
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After the season ended, Lakers president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka cited Mitchell’s progression between the guard’s first and second years as a model for player development the Lakers wanted to emulate.
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After the United States was founded in 1776, leaders like Thomas Jefferson chose to emulate classical architecture when building its Washington, DC, capital as a nod to the democratic ideals of the Greek and Roman empires.
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That skill mimics mortality, Lee said, with the Chinese firm calling it another step toward fully autonomous machines capable of working 24/7.
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Such a beautiful sculpture, mimicking the swirls found in nature (the cosmos, shells, Fibonacci-following topiary) felt a far cry from the swirl of emotions prompted by my favorite TV shows.
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“Mime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mime. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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