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imitate

[im-i-teyt] / ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt /


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"I was trying to imitate players - like you do when you're a kid. Now I'm here winning matches. It's awesome."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

"With less than ten seconds of someone's voice, you can imitate anyone, often for free," chief executive Florent Van Calster told AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Spectacular celadons in forms that imitate lotuses, gourds or melons decorated with delicate inlaid and under-carved designs demonstrate peak Goryeo dynasty craftsmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Human limbs cannot naturally regenerate the way salamander limbs do, but researchers believe future therapies could potentially imitate some of the biological mechanisms controlled by SP genes.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

He starts to walk again, so I imitate his pace.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The hopefuls included the daughter of late autocrat Alberto Fujimori, a comedian who imitates his rivals, a fugitive, and a business magnate who has adopted the nickname Porky because of his chubby face.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

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

Michael Bay said last year the tech "will create a whole bunch of lazy people" because "it doesn't create, it just imitates".

From BBC Sep. 25, 2024

“Just the way he says your name. It’s like Mee-ia,” Kimberly imitates in a singsong voice.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

Life imitated art for Cyrus, who became a global pop star off the back of the show's success.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

Life imitated art when, in 2019, Van Der Beek fulfilled the prophecy foretold by a “Don’t Trust the B—” storyline and became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

Perhaps it is because he treated the Shingle Style not as a historic revival, whose forms he faithfully imitated, but as a living language.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

Although examples exist in the United States, the architectural design originated in ancient Rome and was broadly imitated in later European monuments.

From Salon Nov. 5, 2025

Moss imitated one of Njemile’s moms, and he fixed his face with a wrinkled frown.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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 song would only become even more synonymous with the president in 2022, when his hokey dance often done to the classic became so viral that athletes around the world began imitating it.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Zoe, born seven years later, grew up watching them, imitating them and wanting to be them.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

AI might do a good job at imitating language.

From Salon Mar. 30, 2026

“If you think imitating Miss Maggie is going to convince me, you’re wrong.”

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk




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