as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier
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Recent Examples of mirror image
This season is a mirror image of last year: Down the stretch, Gonzaga’s at-large status seemed in doubt, but a late hot streak of key wins vaulted it all the way up to a No. 5 seed thanks to sparkling quality metrics.
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
While other rooms are mirror images of Palace suites, these rooms come with elevated design embellishments and personalized service.
—Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
The songs were mirror images of each other, with each character accompanied by smaller, minion-sized versions of themselves, all brought to life in Animagic.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Two long, tall barracks came into view, mirror images of each other.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
While other rooms are mirror images of Palace suites, these rooms come with elevated design embellishments and personalized service.
—Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
The songs were mirror images of each other, with each character accompanied by smaller, minion-sized versions of themselves, all brought to life in Animagic.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Two long, tall barracks came into view, mirror images of each other.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirror image
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What Happens Next? New Model Y Launch edition available ‘today’ – base models coming soon More 2026 Model Y inventory had arrived on the North Hollywood lot (see image above) since my last visit to the store.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The cost of maintaining that image became more difficult over time.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2025
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The twins’ family contacted CAIR one day after the locker room attack, leading to the nonprofit’s involvement in the situation, Memon said.—
Yash Roy,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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The two went on to have five more children: twins Vivian and Griffin, 20, and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, 19.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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One approach would be to ramp up artificial neural networks to the level of being an exact replica of a human brain.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Mark Rober, who has over 65 million subscribers on YouTube, tested the vehicle's autonomous cameras by driving at a screen with an exact replica of the road behind it, in the style of a Looney Tunes sketch.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Authorities later discovered texts allegedly sent by Yolanda that help paint a picture of what led up to Rebecca’s murder.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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While a complete picture of that morning has yet to form, the surviving roommates’ accounts and documentation shed light on what the housemates endured in a case shrouded with mystery and speculation.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Moreover, the combination of the specific chord progression in the melody paired with the verbatim hook was a greater than 50% clone of Vance’s original work, in both lyric choice and chord expressions.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The film, which stars Robert Pattinson as a clone who works menial jobs in a futuristic dystopia, will likely lose between $75 million to $80 million during its theatrical run, according to three sources with knowledge of the economics of movies on this scale.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
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In this slice-of-life portrait, Chen shows how childhood experiences can shape someone, illustrating how a childhood passion might expand their horizons without necessarily becoming a lifelong vocation.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2025
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Its cover is also an artwork: a painting by Will St. John, who often makes portraits of drag queens and trans models done in the style of Renaissance paintings.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Clones are as much a sci-fi staple as robots, spaceships, and time travel, with every major franchise dabbling with duplicates somewhere down the line.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Fans painstakingly catalogue their collections, trade duplicates, and share creative DIY modifications.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirror%20image. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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