- present participle of mimic.
mimicking
Example Sentences
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Since GLP-1 drugs work by mimicking the feeling of fullness, older patients can be at risk for malnutrition at a much more sensitive time of life.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
But a strict fealty to mimicking that relationship interrupts the conversation between modern and ancient sculpture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
The species, named Taczanowskia waska, represents the first known example of a spider mimicking the appearance of a fungus that infects spiders.
From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026
Rapidly evolving artificial intelligence technology has demolished the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals strikingly convincing voice cloning tools to steal from people by mimicking loved ones.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
A parrot can say anything Albert Einstein could say, as well as mimicking the sounds of phones ringing, doors slamming and sirens wailing.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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