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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
filled with the usual chain stores, the new mall is a too-familiar replica of hundreds of other malls
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
assembled a small-scale replica of the Queen Mary ocean liner
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Recent Examples of replica
The same replica also appeared at President Donald Trump's Florida home at Mar-a-Lago earlier in 2024, according to JNS.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Also, 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.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
In designing and building a replica, Glotz said the village strived to respect the long legacy of Teehan’s and worked with Regis Teehan to stay true to the tavern’s heritage.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Also, 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.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
In designing and building a replica, Glotz said the village strived to respect the long legacy of Teehan’s and worked with Regis Teehan to stay true to the tavern’s heritage.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for replica
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The women aren't seen again until 11 hours later, when, at 4:30 p.m. a security camera recorded the grainy image showing Pearce with Christy over his shoulder at the top of the stairs.—
Jonathan Vigliotti,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2025
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On the heels of his success, Chamberlain relocated to England to shed his TV heartthrob image and train as a series actor.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Both sets sold a little less than 2,000 copies, while streaming activity made up the rest of those 14,000-plus units.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The copy is one of 350 books produced in 1985, and Hart had a hand in creating that unique collection.—
Madelaine K. Boyer,
Sun Sentinel,
28 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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Ryan pointed to a Model T 100, a reproduction done of the Ford Model T done in 2003 for the 100th anniversary of the company.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Second, how do social groups affect individual survival and reproduction – in other words, what group traits are under selection?—
Conner Philson,
The Conversation,
27 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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The vast majority of the country's motorcycle sector continues to print imitation motorcycles at the most economical possible cost, and even that has become an outdated practice.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Mar. 2025
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Loss of human connection Deepfakes and imitations AI becoming too powerful to manage Smart AI taking over infrastructure Bias and discrimination Some of the other things that researchers found are really different flavors of these broader concerns.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
9 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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Information from one tipster led investigators to believe Sharkey may have attempted to take a picture or video during the incident, Snapp said.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 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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“Replica.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replica. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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