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as in imitation
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model
your writing style tends to be imitative of whichever author you've recently read
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as in synthetic
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
an imitative extract never has the flavor of the real thing
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Recent Examples of imitative
However, Cassilly noted in his statement that Harford could face an additional $6 million in new funding mandates linked to teacher salaries and pensions from the statewide funding imitative, Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
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Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2025
Aziz rolled out a summer crime imitative in 2021, shortly after his tenure began.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The Emory oak restoration imitative to preserve groves in the region recently marked its fifth anniversary, Peacey said.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
Girard drew from his early-career studies of literary figures such as Proust the insight that desire is essentially imitative (or mimetic) rather than straightforwardly directed toward its apparent objects.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
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Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2025
Aziz rolled out a summer crime imitative in 2021, shortly after his tenure began.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The Emory oak restoration imitative to preserve groves in the region recently marked its fifth anniversary, Peacey said.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
Girard drew from his early-career studies of literary figures such as Proust the insight that desire is essentially imitative (or mimetic) rather than straightforwardly directed toward its apparent objects.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imitative
Adjective
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Money laundering operations are increasingly leveraging synthetic identities to obscure illicit financial flows.—
Parya Lotfi,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The synthetic test results suggest a substantial performance gain when moving from the RTX 4060 Ti to the RTX 5060 Ti across the board.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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To get robotic collectives closer to Terminator’s mimetic polyalloy, the team wants to make the robots smaller.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
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These mimetic dynamics play out not just within countries but between them.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Roughly 1,600 square feet includes just one bedroom—a primary suite with a faux living wall and access to a wraparound balcony—but the open-plan great room comes with a handy Murphy bed for guests.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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Both the Oppo Find X6 Ultra and Find X7 Ultra had a dual-tone finish where half the phone featured a faux leather back.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Nevertheless, the actress recognized that Twin Peaks was a far cry from the formulaic television of the past.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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So everything in films has to be formulaic; the images and the dialogue now reinforce each other to such an absurd degree because audiences are distracted.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Darvish will need at least a few full-intensity turns in the bullpen and some combination of two or three minor-league starts and simulated games before returning, which means his season debut would come no sooner than mid-May.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Watching Wyatt Russell navigate a literal house of horrors, continuously questioning the nature of the reality in front of his simulated eyes, is one of the series best examples of being trapped inside an idea as much as any physical place.—
Steve Greene,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Without further ado, here is the sixth iteration of mock drafts, with this being the mock draft just before the final one, which will be put out on the day of the draft.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Here’s our latest projections, in the Star-Telegram’s mock draft 2.0: FIRST ROUND 1.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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No more tight ringlets—only soft, unfurled, velvety hair that moved with the artificial grace of a shampoo commercial actress who's probably wearing extensions anyway.—
Liz Krieger,
Allure,
15 Apr. 2025
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Bees are said to be more drawn to feeders featuring yellow parts, such as artificial flowers or bee guards, says Witko.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
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The prospect of armies of AI bots that more closely mimic human users, and therefore resist detection, is both worrisome and probably inevitable.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Oct. 2018
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These mimic quantum circuits without needing quantum hardware—some examples include IBM Qiskit Aer and Google Cirq Simulator.—
Margarita Simonova,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Imitative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imitative. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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