likeness
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Those who come to watch her play, wave Filipino flags and wear custom T-shirts with her likeness on the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The film uses the likeness of many people, including the film’s creator Koosha, who stars as Odysseus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Users on social media noticed the shape of the stadium engraved on the medal appeared to be carved in the wrong likeness.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Publicis Groupe unit today announced Tekta, a name, image and likeness business to help brands select, structure and measure partnerships with student athletes and schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Where there is no likeness of experience it’s very difficult. I understand you were not born in America.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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“The ideas are the ideas. But once you go down to creating likenesses, you know, people, faces, voices, that’s where people really get alarmed,” said Giansiracusa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The hospital should absolutely inform physicians if their names and likenesses are being employed in this way, and they should also be told in advance what patients will be solicited in their name.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Spud” will be of no reassurance to Disney, which inked a billion-dollar deal with OpenAI in December to allow Sora users to generate likenesses of many characters.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
“And today, this district says no more — by changing the name of the schools, by changing murals and likenesses of César Chávez and any others, we are standing up for survivors.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Softened into crayon sketches, they did better, for the likenesses were good, and Amy’s hair, Jo’s nose, Meg’s mouth, and Laurie’s eyes were pronounced ‘wonderfully fine’.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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