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mimicry

[mim-ik-ree] / ˈmɪm ɪk ri /




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Later, explaining to his mom why he doesn’t have any friends his own age, Valdi purses his lips in a mimicry of the older men who would engulf him — a touchingly sad little detail.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

"A novel aspect of the paper was our use of powerful mass spectrometry sequencing to identify molecular mimicry between the adenovirus vector protein and the PF4 culprit target," she says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

Horror is filled with trend-hopping and mimicry — the genre itself holds a mirror to our cultural anxieties, replicating them with chilling, hyperbolic intensity.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

This mimicry was at the heart of his brilliant comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

They also engage in what is called motor mimicry.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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