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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

Given the title, it is hardly a spoiler to say that after Marjorie’s death, Tess overcomes her initial dislike of Primes to have a technological facsimile of her mother join the family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Slash, or, rather, a skeletal facsimile of him played by an actor, will be available for photo opportunities and meet and greets at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, which runs most evenings through Nov. 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 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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