emulative

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Then came the Erie Canal and the frenzied funding of emulative projects, many of which failed, but the successes redeemed the rest.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2016

His film is a variation on the master's masterpiece, Persona, but it has what Allen's other emulative exercises lacked, namely wit.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Charles River between Boston and Charlestown was about as wide at the point where the old ferry crossed as was the Thames at London Bridge, and Americans were emulative of that structure.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

But it is time to resume our anecdotes of foxhounds, and the following is a proof of the highPage 427 courage they so often display, as well as their emulative spirit.

From Anecdotes of Dogs by Jesse, Edward

The example of Machiavel, like that of all creative genius, influenced the character of his age, and his history of Florence produced an emulative spirit among a new dynasty of historians.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac