1
as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the child is a carbon copy of his father
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
a clothing company that makes carbon copies of designer duds
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Recent Examples of carbon copy
In the second half, there was a carbon copy of the same move, when Leno again aimed straight down the middle of the pitch to Wilson, with substitute Jorrel Hato scampering back to avoid further embarrassment.
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Tom Burrows, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
While 2025 denim was nearly a carbon copy of 2024—loose fits, Western influences, denim coordinates and minimal distressing—2026 could see an injection of newness.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
That said, the meal itself wasn't a carbon copy of the first two.
—Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
That sort of humility should also come through your hiring, Halligan advised; your team should be full of people who challenge and frustrate you with their differences, rather than carbon copies of yourself.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
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Tom Burrows, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
While 2025 denim was nearly a carbon copy of 2024—loose fits, Western influences, denim coordinates and minimal distressing—2026 could see an injection of newness.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
That said, the meal itself wasn't a carbon copy of the first two.
—Erin Bunch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025
That sort of humility should also come through your hiring, Halligan advised; your team should be full of people who challenge and frustrate you with their differences, rather than carbon copies of yourself.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon copy
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Handout/Magen David Adom The MDA shared an image of first responders running to the scene of a fire in a residential area in Petah Tiqva, east of Tel Aviv, too.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Hyland’s images convey this sense of loneliness.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Once viewed as a leader in transparency, the Sunshine State now charges exorbitant copy fees that discourage average people from requesting public records.—
David Cuillier,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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Although there was merch for sale, including T-shirts and vinyl copies of A Good Night in the Ghetto, the complimentary keepsake was just one example of the mutual adoration shared between the performer and her supporters.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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These systems include digital twins, in-line sensing, and real-time production monitoring systems that are becoming more common in modern manufacturing environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Carmaker Mercedes Benz uses digital twins of its factories and assembly lines to reduce downtime, and also to test its driving software in simulations before real-world deployment.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Throughout, artworks by Lawrence Weiner and Lee Ufan are paired with reproductions of important modernist furniture by the likes of Le Corbusier and Gerrit Rietveld.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
21 Mar. 2026
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When life falls out of sync, there can be dire consequences for health, reproduction, and survival.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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Besides using Cinecittà’s vast ancient Rome backlot set with a Roman Forum replica, the show will also shoot in Rome’s Lazio region and in Tuscany.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Lover’s Knot tiara was originally commissioned from the House of Garrard in 1913 for Queen Mary, designed as a replica of her grandmother’s Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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Regardless of how anyone might have felt about the new picture that Einstein’s greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, brought along with it, the behavior of physical phenomena in the Universe doesn’t lie.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Mar. 2026
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The preliminary visa data helps paint a fuller picture of immigration declines in the United States.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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The resulting animals are not clones of ancient dire wolves.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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This in turn led to rampant online rumors that Carrey had been replaced by a clone.—
Beth Landman,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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The current and former officials, some of whom asked for anonymity to discuss sensitive internal matters during an active conflict, paint a portrait of an understaffed government workforce struggling to execute the president's agenda.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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Auer, as Betty, offers a fleet, brutal portrait of a mother moving through grief, weepily passing from denial to acceptance.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Carbon copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon%20copy. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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