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Aesthetic mimicry is the prevailing mode of world-building here.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 May 2024
Some flee with speed, while others hide using mimicry.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
What could have been just a mimicry of, say, Edward Norton in American History X becomes something distinctly pitiable and unnerving on its own terms, and Gosling chased the heights of this tormented-20-something performance for a long time, up until the next film on our list.
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—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 May 2024
What was the secret to this complex mimicry of not just the shape of other plant leaves but also their color, leaf orientation, and vein patterns, among other characteristics?
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 May 2024
Some flee with speed, while others hide using mimicry.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
What could have been just a mimicry of, say, Edward Norton in American History X becomes something distinctly pitiable and unnerving on its own terms, and Gosling chased the heights of this tormented-20-something performance for a long time, up until the next film on our list.
8.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 May 2024
What was the secret to this complex mimicry of not just the shape of other plant leaves but also their color, leaf orientation, and vein patterns, among other characteristics?
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mimicry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimicry
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Lonely Planet’s depiction of elite authors could count as scathing satire if the film had a sharper knack for detail, or any sense of humor.Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
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Iconoclast is producing the satire with Robert Walak, Jacob Perlin and Romain Gavras, alongside Gregory Jankilevitsch and Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska of Mid March Media, and Giorgios Karnavas of Heretic.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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No doubt my movements were observed with raucous laughter.Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Novak asked after the laughter died down (this happened a lot).Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2024
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Paris Reuters — The father of a French pupil whose account of the use of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a class on free speech indirectly led to the teacher’s brutal murder went on trial on Monday accused of association with a terrorist network.Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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When the nightclub switches to full burlesque, Mindy — in an extremely out-of-character move that never really tracks for me — decides that’s a step too far and quits.Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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Fight Club is at heart a dry roast of masculinity, a burlesque of the models and habits with which men define and often destroy themselves to avoid emoting or being vulnerable.Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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TikTokers take turns being the fleeing suspect and bratty cop, exchanging insults and trying to get under each other’s skin, with some getting pretty personal, but most staying lighthearted.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The insult prompted Richie to break character — and put James in his place.Jackie Fields, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Mimicry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimicry. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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