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facsimile

[fak-sim-uh-lee] / fækˈsɪm ə li /


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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

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

Recently I received the gift of “Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook,” a facsimile edition of the great architect’s final sketches.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Newquay's Concrete Waves skatepark, with its tiled edges and concrete coping, is "mellow facsimile", said Mr Bishop.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2025

I can handle the facsimile, but I can’t handle the real thing.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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

People could now leaf through digital facsimiles, and access the original books only if necessary.

From The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) by Lebert, Marie

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

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 Ross, Robert

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

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 Humphreys, Arthur Lee

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




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