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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the child is a carbon copy of his father
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
a clothing company that makes carbon copies of designer duds
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Recent Examples of carbon copy
In fact, the goal is nearly a carbon copy of the against-the-grain spoiler that Garland once scored in the first-ever Kraken home game.
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Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
What works in active The rise of active ETFs is not a carbon copy of old-school stock picking.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
While there are plenty of no-name carbon copy trainers and NPCs scattered throughout Pokémon, the characters that are part of the story tend to be wildly varied, with no two major characters being all that alike.
—Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
No, the security side of things comes into play when someone has added the wrong person to a carbon copy field when inputting a bunch of addresses.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
What works in active The rise of active ETFs is not a carbon copy of old-school stock picking.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024
While there are plenty of no-name carbon copy trainers and NPCs scattered throughout Pokémon, the characters that are part of the story tend to be wildly varied, with no two major characters being all that alike.
—Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
No, the security side of things comes into play when someone has added the wrong person to a carbon copy field when inputting a bunch of addresses.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon copy
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The show shared an image on social media Monday morning announcing the start.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Swift wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms by every person at the 2025 Super Bowl, with the pop star receiving boos from some members of the crowd when her image appeared on the Caesars Superdome jumbotron Sunday (Feb. 9).—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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Atop that challenge was the matter of what would actually be in the film, since Zeppelin footage is as hard to find as someone in the Seventies who didn’t own a copy of Led Zeppelin IV.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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Photo: Ron Bull/Getty Images The back image of Book of Lives features a black-and-white photo of Atwood in the ’70s reading a copy of her second novel, Surfacing, which wrestles with national identity and the marginalization of women, both ambient and overt.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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The most concrete result of therapy has been Milena’s acknowledgment that childbirth was an agonizing experience; her slow-burning resentment of the ungrateful twins has been building ever since.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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The twins first joined forces when Taylor signed a three-year, $33 million deal prior to the 2022 season, becoming the fourth set of twins to be teammates in league history.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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The body requires manganese for immune function, blood sugar regulation, digestion, reproduction, bone health, blood clotting, antioxidant defense, and many more bodily processes.12 Manganese is found in many plant and animal foods, such as nuts, seeds, seafood, fruit, and beans.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
5 Feb. 2025
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This discovery is one of many cases where fungi alter host behavior to facilitate their own reproduction.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Iran’s military displayed replicas of some of its missiles at the square.—
Nasser Karimi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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Visitors can study Iron Age artifacts from the Caucasus territories, an exact replica of the Gallery in Rome’s Papal Palace and one of the world’s largest collections of paintings from Flemish artists like Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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And consider this: Only two of the last 10 BAFTA winners for best film went on to win the Oscar for best picture — Nomadland in 2021 and Oppenheimer in 2024.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
16 Feb. 2025
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Conclusion Guy Bisson’s analysis paints a picture of a film industry adapting to a new normal.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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This sparks a plan, which comes together at Parker’s plant daddy paradise of a house, where the plant daddy himself suggests that a wedding would be a great venue to clone Roman’s Palm Pilot.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Residing on hillside slopes and gently rolling valleys surrounding the stately medieval village of Montalcino, vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are home to a clone of Sangiovese known locally as Brunello, which is a diminutive of the Italian word for brown.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025
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Experts say a portrait bought at an antique market in France about 15 years ago is in fact an early painting by Amedeo Modigliani, according to Corriere Adriatico.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Throughout the trip, the duo explores this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship and transition.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Carbon copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon%20copy. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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