How to Use carbon copy in a Sentence

carbon copy

noun

• I'll need a carbon copy of that receipt.
• She's a carbon copy of her mother.
• The Sprouse twins may have looked identical as kids, but their personalities certainly weren’t carbon copies.
  — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
• Which to carbon copy and which to take with a pinch of salt?
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
• The world doesn’t need any dull carbon copies of what the world already is.
  — Shay Maunz, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
• The first play of the second half, too, was nearly a carbon copy of last week.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019
• But don't write this reboot off as a carbon copy of the mid-aughts hit!
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 6 June 2023
• Friday looks to be a carbon copy of Thursday with clear skies and highs in the 60s.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
• This playoff series, of course, is not a carbon copy of the last.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
• Dietrich, 31, is a carbon copy of Odor in a lot of ways.
  — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2020
• At this point, this was beginning to feel like a carbon copy of the last two weeks of Raw.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 25 May 2021
• The running game gets back on track as this game becomes a carbon copy of Week 2.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2020
• Still, Collins promised the series isn’t a carbon copy of Star’s most famous work.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• The 25-point partisan gap in this data is a near carbon copy of the 24-point gap in the Ipsos poll.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
• The new High Street will not be a carbon copy of the old, but the old restaurant will be mined for inspiration.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2023
• That doesn’t mean Steichen will be a carbon copy of Reich.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2023
• His pattern throughout the week was a carbon copy of most other anglers in the field.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 24 Feb. 2021
• The goal was a near carbon copy of his famous game-winner against Real Madrid in 2017.
  — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
• The second set was a carbon copy as Cabrini raced to an 8-2 lead behind the heavy hitting of Jells.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Pace's Brother Day—the 18th in the cycle—is most definitely not a mere carbon copy of Cleon the First.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 July 2023
• And brace yourselves for four more perfect carbon copies from the Lil’ Kim fashion vault.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• And this season has been a carbon copy of last year, when the issue was supposed to be Stevens failing to reach the players.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• On a windy day last week, Dudley Haynie, 86, ducked into the clear stall to hug a carbon copy of himself, his 56-year-old son, Mark Haynie.
  — Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
• Stam's also quick to point out he's never tried to be a carbon copy of Ferguson.
  — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2020
• For one thing, Will Swenson, as Diamond, does not aim for a carbon copy.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• This comes with 100 sheets of graphite paper, as the black carbon copy paper is great for tracing pictures or frames.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
• Today will be a carbon copy of Thursday with continued sunshine and highs in the low 90s.
  — Dallas News, 12 June 2020
• However, this isn’t to say that the iPhone 13 will be a carbon copy of its predecessor.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 23 Aug. 2021
• But the Chargers had practically a carbon copy of that drive.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• The Clippers won’t look like a carbon copy of Lue’s Cavaliers teams, either.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024