imitate
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Even with Kennedy looming over the counter more than sous-cheffing beside it, “The Real Food Show” briefly becomes the cooking program it has been dressed to imitate.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Because synthetic rotation can imitate motion beyond the speed of light, researchers now have a controlled laboratory platform for exploring physical regimes that would otherwise be impossible to study directly.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Am I supposed to watch myself and imitate myself?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Another said Louis Vuitton is justified in defending its intellectual property and that other brands do not have the right to imitate it, regardless of their industry.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
I imitate her with big gestures, hugging the back of the armchair while I squat on the floor, shaking and trembling, and toppling over with my platform sandals straight up in the air.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Instead of copying part of a virus or bacterium, this new vaccine imitates the communication signals immune cells exchange during infection.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
“In Europa, you perform the same concert and the response is much more, how you say, restrained. In England it is”—he imitates a posh English accent—“ ‘That was really lovely, you know.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
While AI-generated music is rife online, it's often released under fictitious names, or imitates big stars, but it doesn't normally appear on their official streaming pages.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
For example, a leader begins by miming actions such as teeth brushing, bouncing a ball, or eating food from a bowl, and the group imitates them.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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That strategy was imitated across industries, making complex goods affordable and helping establish the modern middle class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Sopranos” creator David Chase ran all those rules through the meat grinder at Satriale’s, and in the process made the most imitated show since “I Love Lucy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Often imitated, never duplicated, a ring from Spinelli Kilcollin is both classic and subversive enough to be interesting for decades to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Guardiola is seen as changing the face of English football with a style of play that has been imitated by other managers across the country.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Elinor imitated them: “‘Oh yes, what was that again, Signora Loredan?
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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Later in the game, Cleveland’s José Ramírez was seen in the dugout apparently imitating Yan’s airborne style of rejoicing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The second is that a machine can demonstrate intelligence by successfully imitating a human in conversation, an idea that later became known as the Turing test.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The thing about Spirit that makes it complicated is that the network carriers started imitating the business model of Spirit and the other ultra-low-cost carriers through basic economy fares.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
So, faced with adult stores and mixed-age social media feeds, girls are doing what girls have always done: watching older girls, imitating grown-up rituals, reaching for whatever is available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Mr. Lemoncello started imitating himself, acting much more melodramatically than he had in his original performance.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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