imitate
Example Sentences
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On the call with shareholders this past Monday, Sankar appeared to take a jab at those efforts, saying the labs were trying to imitate Palantir.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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
“It speaks to his greatness,” said Lakers coach JJ Redick, and, yeah, somebody must be great if they can induce grown men to imitate farm animals.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
As James Baldwin once said, “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026
It is easy to see why leukemia should be one of the most common diseases to result from exposure to radiation or to chemicals that imitate radiation.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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