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facsimile

[fak-sim-uh-lee] / fækˈsɪm ə li /


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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

In an August quarterly earnings call, Beyond Chief Executive Ethan Brown said the shortened name “provides for reduced emphasis on facsimile, a now-complicated frame that overshadows the real, high-quality protein offerings we provide to consumers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

We are more digitally connected than ever, yet much of that connection functions as a kind of stand-in — a convincing facsimile that still leaves us hungry.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026

There was no text, only photograph after photograph of broken tablets with the inscriptions—in Linear B—reproduced in facsimile in the bottom.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

In the conclusion at which we have arrived we are greatly strengthened by the discovery in Babylonian ruins of certain bowls; facsimiles and descriptions of which are given in Layard's Nineveh and Babylon, pp. 510-526.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman

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

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

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

GRAY’S ELEGY: with Sixteen beautiful Illustrations by Norman Prescott Davies, facsimiled from his original drawings in the possession, and published by the gracious permission of H. R. H. The Princess of Wales.

From Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Various

If a page is torn, it can be repaired, or if a piece of it is missing, it can be facsimiled, and the whole of the inside of the volume can be washed throughout.

From The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books by Arthur Lee Humphreys




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