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facsimile

[fak-sim-uh-lee] / fækˈsɪm ə li /


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But for a fair number of others, the main objection is that Summerween cheapens Halloween — that to celebrate a summer facsimile will dilute the real thing.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

Playing up the absurdity of the disguise, the company promptly changed its logo across social media to a facsimile of the covered-up sign.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Instead, it delivered a watered-down facsimile of those sounds, that critics called "unremarkable", "obtuse" and "lacking in depth".

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

But would the holographic pixels of an A.I.-generated facsimile capture the tiny crevices between my brother’s crooked teeth?

From Slate Apr. 23, 2026

On its surface, the booming market in side bets on subprime mortgage bonds seemed to be the financial equivalent of fantasy football: a benign, if silly, facsimile of investing.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Actual celebrities who have begun trademarking their names and catchphrases do so because their careers are likely to be impacted by AI facsimiles of them.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

Near both the Peace Prize medal and the handprint are kid-friendly facsimiles that visitors can touch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

But after two dry-runs with facsimiles, the culture ministry in Paris is confident the technical difficulties have been overcome.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

The venue forbids phones, so it was a joy to see a crowd focused on the stage without hundreds of little screens recording poor facsimiles of the live event.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2024

The first two volumes, containing the Old Testament with many facsimiles, have appeared: the New Testament portion is to follow.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

It’s not difficult to imagine why some Fijians, earning minimum wages of less than $2 an hour, hold wealthy foreign investors in contempt — a phenomenon facsimiled in other developing nations in the Pacific.

From Time Aug. 28, 2013

Fielding's own benefit, as appears from the curious ticket attributed to Hogarth and facsimiled by A. M. Ireland, took place on April 25, but we have no record of the amount of his gains.

From Fielding by Austin Dobson

Blake, 1804, facsimiled at Edmonton, anno 1886, By Wm.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

Mr. Rye has shown that the specimen of handwriting facsimiled by Dr. Grosart in his edition of Henry Vaughan's Works cannot possibly be the poet's.

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) Chambers

Girdelstone and Monteagle, meanwhile, were to set about having the Aulus Gellius printed and facsimiled; for I thought it was a pity such a work should be lost to the world. 

From Masques & Phases by Robert Ross




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