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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
That said, the sheer number of neurons doesn’t adequately account for human cognition — your brain is more than the inflated mirror image of a chimpanzee’s.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
The Best Way to See Foliage: Hike the Lakes Loop around Reflection Lake, which is famous for holding the mirror image of Mount Rainier on calm, clear days.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: The post-debate spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center was a mirror image of the one at the Biden-Trump debate in Atlanta just 11 weeks ago.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
For instance, the price of soot at Qinhuangdao used to be the mirror image of the national coal inventory: When inventories were high, prices at the port east of Beijing slipped because supplies were ample, and vice versa.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
The Best Way to See Foliage: Hike the Lakes Loop around Reflection Lake, which is famous for holding the mirror image of Mount Rainier on calm, clear days.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: The post-debate spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center was a mirror image of the one at the Biden-Trump debate in Atlanta just 11 weeks ago.
—Alex Thompson, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
For instance, the price of soot at Qinhuangdao used to be the mirror image of the national coal inventory: When inventories were high, prices at the port east of Beijing slipped because supplies were ample, and vice versa.
—David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirror image
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Sean had been pulling images and there was one with this chain mail dress.Anna Tingley, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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Unlike those painters, however, Mathieson had to create his images on location with an army of collaborators and the challenge of crafting beautiful images when Scott’s preference is to shoot with as many cameras as possible — something Mathieson says makes lighting exponentially more difficult.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 Nov. 2024
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They’re projected to start the Miyatake and Muller twins with athletic forward Ellie Frazier. 9.Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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The former spouses also share twins Vivian Jenna and Griffin, who were born in 2004, and triplets Kai, Saxon, and Damian, who were born in 2006.Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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History buffs will delight in Punta Arenas’s maritime museum and life-size replicas of the storied European galleons that once navigated to these remote shores.Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024
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See miniature replicas of Cincinnati icons, including this year's newest addition: The Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 15 Nov. 2024
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Once your account has been created, click your account picture (top left), then Edit profile.David Nield, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Since then, Google Maps has blurred its picture of Fuentes’ house.Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Thankfully, earlier this year conservationists cloned Willa twice more, producing two new clones named Noreen and Antonia.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The zookeepers freeze plant cells to clone in the future.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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There are full-length and half-length portraits by Auerbach, but, in truth, the real action starts from the neck up.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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In execution, however, the film exhibits something of a split personality by awkwardly moving between cutesy soap operatic romance and an unsparing, oft-devastating portrait of the myriad hurdles facing foreign workers.Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
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The kit offers a couple hundred components, but many of them are duplicates.Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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Integrating data from multiple sources—including ERP and CRM software—into centralized data lakes or warehouses and regularly cleaning it to remove inaccuracies, duplicates, and inconsistencies is also essential.Forbes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirror%20image. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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