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emulate

[em-yuh-leyt, em-yuh-lit] / ˈɛm yəˌleɪt, ˈɛm yə lɪt /


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Impressed by the tireless activists he met online, he tried to emulate them, evangelizing and writing articles on Substack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

They could emulate Tottenham by winning the competition and finishing in the bottom half of the table.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

It is striking that Webb frequently invoked U.S. shareholder rights as a model for Hong Kong to emulate, albeit an imperfect one.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“With any kind of viral aesthetic: one of those books did well, so they engineered every cover to emulate that, because people were drawn to them,” says Cash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

I spent the day in complete silence, trying to emulate the grace of the older men through the woods.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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