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imitate

[im-i-tayt] / ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt /


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"I don't want to imitate him but I try to resemble him," she said of her uncle.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

“The goal shouldn’t be to simply imitate traditional film or television,” said von Schwarz.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

They engineered carefully controlled porous materials that imitate the way natural foams scatter light while also drawing inspiration from water-repellent surfaces found on leaves and flower petals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Then, Grossman was paired with Zoe Wohlfeld and instructed to imitate boiling milk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

He looked at Moss and inclined his head, trying to imitate what he’d seen the other students do to one another in the hallways, across the quad.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

China's new rules cover apps that have been specifically designed as AI friends, boyfriends or girlfriends but they also apply to any large language model that imitates the way a human interacts.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Instead of copying part of a virus or bacterium, this new vaccine imitates the communication signals immune cells exchange during infection.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026

“In Europa, you perform the same concert and the response is much more, how you say, restrained. In England it is”—he imitates a posh English accent—“ ‘That was really lovely, you know.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Herrmann’s orchestra imitates a swing band’s jazzy rhythms and brassy sound.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

That strategy was imitated across industries, making complex goods affordable and helping establish the modern middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

It featured a manipulated video of former Brazil striker Ronaldo which imitated his voice.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

Life imitated art when, in 2019, Van Der Beek fulfilled the prophecy foretold by a “Don’t Trust the B—” storyline and became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

“Sopranos” creator David Chase ran all those rules through the meat grinder at Satriale’s, and in the process made the most imitated show since “I Love Lucy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

They laughed and imitated the befuddled women at the door.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Most of the porcelain was made for the European market, underscoring a subtext of cross-fertilization, already stated by Islamic ceramics imitating Chinese blue and white.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Barnett, 41, returned to Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday morning, explaining she had been absent in recent weeks because she was in hospital "in a case of life imitating work".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“But underneath it, there’s something deeper about identity, performance, and our very human fears around AI. And yes, art will most definitely be imitating life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

According to the study, this is the first documented case of a spider imitating a parasitic fungus that infects other spiders.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Korean food? Best food. Healthy. Good for you,” I say to Natasha, imitating my mom.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon


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