as in simulation
a full-sized model of something (such as a boat or a car) that is used for studying, testing, or showing its features
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Recent Examples of mock-up
Preparations also included a fitting with Nicola trying on a mock-up of the garment before additional changes were made to the final design.
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Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
There will even be a mock-up of a propulsion bay and a composite fuel tank, even though DRACO won't actually have working propulsion.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
The low-cost mock-ups also allow training planners to field larger, more diverse opposing forces, thereby offering a more complex, unpredictable combat scenario.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
The huge mock-up of Altadena’s fire map has become a meeting place, even a site of remembrance for survivors and bonding between community members.
—Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025
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Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
There will even be a mock-up of a propulsion bay and a composite fuel tank, even though DRACO won't actually have working propulsion.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
The low-cost mock-ups also allow training planners to field larger, more diverse opposing forces, thereby offering a more complex, unpredictable combat scenario.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
The huge mock-up of Altadena’s fire map has become a meeting place, even a site of remembrance for survivors and bonding between community members.
—Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mock-up
Noun
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The team evaluated both cell types using an I-V tester, wafer metrology system, transmission electron microscopy, and simulation software.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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That milestone makes Bolt the fastest running humanoid robot of its size ever demonstrated outside computer simulations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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There are no digital doubles in that sequence, but real stunt performers aboard a ship that’s not a miniature but a massive structure that moves thanks to a giant gimbal.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Place these miniatures under the broiler with some cheese to sack any doubts that this is an ordinary sandwich.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
4 Feb. 2026
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Around 656 boxes of original 2020 election records – as opposed to copies – were seized, according to Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The National Owners Association, an independent franchisee advocate group, adopted a Franchisee Bill of Rights in August and circulated it in an email to members last month as the standards took effect, according to a copy of the message viewed by CNBC.—
Kate Rogers,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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But the Ontario native, who went 30th to New England in this mock, is someone Morgan should spend some time evaluating.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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With a new defensive coordinator and numerous holes to fill on defense, the early NFL mock drafts are heavily assuming that the Dallas Cowboys will be going double-defensive players with their pair of first-round picks in April.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Somewhere between folk art and statement home decor, this four-panel imitation of an impressionist oil painting says a thing or two about your knack for putting a room together.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
5 Feb. 2026
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But Baehren and Carvalho pointed out that these behaviors, which took place rarely and in captivity, might only be imitations of human communication.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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As for reproduction, the keepers don’t need to tell the roaches twice.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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One of the key factors in annual tick numbers is reproduction.—
Alex Kuffner,
The Providence Journal,
12 Feb. 2026
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Fitch, driven to preserve the friendship and her memories, spent years building a one-third-scale replica of Yo’s house, a process documented in the film YO (Love Is a Rebellious Bird), directed by Fitch and Banker White.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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There’s a Gatsby-esque lighthouse replica prominent in the Spa’s main foyer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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To go from a franchise that enjoyed a 30-year continuum of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers at QB to a franchise that has spent almost as long looking for a failing to find the next Marino or even an acceptable facsimile.—
Greg Cote
January 22,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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If Savoie turns out resembling McLeod, and Howard becomes a facsimile of Holloway offensively, the Oilers’ development model for forwards will have delivered two bona fide NHL skill talents.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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