copying

Example Sentences

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You can upload a selfie and the mascot will start wearing your clothes and copying your hairstyle.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The push on premarket home listings—Compass allows sellers to put homes for sale on its website before the larger database Multiple-Listing Service —was controversial, but led to other brokerages copying the strategy.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

This process depends on accurately copying and distributing DNA so that each new cell receives the genetic information it needs to survive.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Cease your practice of copying tour pros, who have turned golf into survival of the finickiest by adhering to preshot routines that violate loitering laws in most states.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

When everyone else leaves for the day, Vincent stays and works, copying the forms with “angelic patience.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman