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facsimile

[fak-sim-uh-lee] / fækˈsɪm ə li /


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Fax machines - formally known as facsimile machines - used to be a familiar fixture in offices as well as schools, hospitals and police stations across the country.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

But in the meantime, seasonal enthusiasm for the house could be satisfied by a gingerbread facsimile thereof that was open to the public in Hollywood.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

It is to his credit that the cathedral is not a simulacrum or facsimile, but a Gothic building, in all its structural reality, even the invisible oak roof truss above the vaults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Now, the Dodgers have a facsimile of a bullpen as they play the Phillies.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2025

Notably, Brenner and Jacob later discovered the messenger RNA was a facsimile of the DNA chain—a copy made from the original.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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