copycat

Experts have told the BBC this is one of the first times they have seen copycat versions of an experimental drug, still in the throes of being tested, become so widely available.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The themes are copycat crimes and the sins of the fathers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

But with what seems like a Ripper copycat on the loose, everyone needs to put aside their preconceived notions and figure out what’s going on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

A 2017 report by Kenya's National Crime Research Centre blamed exam stress and long school terms and said students in different schools were communicating via smuggled phones, leading to copycat acts.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Sandi also raises her hand like a copycat and tells Yoyo and Fifi to raise their hands too.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

In the process, private-label brands shook off their reputation as cheap copycats.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Both Brand and Ibrahim Bulut, a museum security expert from a Belgian security consulting firm, believe many thefts that followed the Louvre burglary are copycats.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

For drugmakers, a clock starts before a drug is even approved: Patents run out, lower-priced copycats flood in and sales collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The group also faces increased competition from copycats in supermarkets, as well as from rival Select, which claims to have invented the spritz in Venice in 1920.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

I had less than a minute before the copycats began.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

The Somerset-based brewer sued the supermarket chain over claims Aldi had "copycatted" its Cloudy Lemon Cider "in both taste and appearance".

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024

Every innovation is quickly copycatted, suddenly making it seem a lot less innovative.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021

She even finds it difficult to appreciate her fashion sense, which has since been copycatted by many a Free People-loving millennial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2019

If anything, Krzyzewski has copycatted Calipari’s strategy of recruiting NBA-ready players who are only in college because NBA rules require that they spend a year in school before they’re drafted.

From Time ● Apr. 5, 2015

Politicians from both sides of the aisle have critically lauded it, and at least three other states have copycatted Georgia Work$.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2011

As for the burger wars, Saleh said there was some risk for further copycatting.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025

The familiar title aside, this miniseries produced by Mindy Kaling isn’t copycatting the original Richard Curtis romcom.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2019

Needing a video to match, the director, Katherine Dieckmann, determined to break down Michael Stipe’s “staid” public image with this mildly aerobic, entirely charming routine that provoked much playground copycatting.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2019

This physical copycatting is behind Ms. de Havilland’s right-of-publicity claim.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2018

But in the circles that count, it’s clear that Chipotle is regarded as a major innovator, attracting what all major innovators attract: copycatting.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2012