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to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
was caught aping the substitute teacher's thick accent
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Noun
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Because that’s sometimes a thing that actors have to just compartmentalize.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
3 Jan. 2025 -
Where up-and-coming actors were once advised to downplay their cultural roots—sometimes even adopting new names to blend into the mainstream—the narrative has shifted.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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The next big bad in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister screen villains has finally been announced.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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Cultural differences of the region, like a vast foaming, bubbling cauldron, spit out heroes and villains, legends and lore.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Weasels, skunks, possum, snakes (to eat eggs), and all sorts of other common creatures will become regular visitors to your yard, mostly at night.—
Sal Gilbertie,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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It has been detected in 40 wild mammal species in 36 states, killing bears, harbor seals, foxes, squirrels and skunks, among other creatures.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then, one by one, the beasts came forward.—
Karen Zautyk,
New York Daily News,
24 Dec. 2024
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His balloons would resemble cascades of oxygen bubbles sailing upward, strands of DNA, billowing sheets of candy buttons, or phosphorus deep-sea beasts made of LEDs.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Apes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apes. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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