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Recent Examples of knockoff
Verb
Some of the knockoffs may also break into small pieces that a child may put in their mouth, CPSC reported. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025 There is a payoff in Test cricket that trumps its knockoff shorter versions. Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
Rosemount knocked off Shakopee to officially re-establish the Irish as a contender to make a deep Class 6A playoff run, while Farmington’s momentum was halted in a decisive loss to Lakeville South. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025 The Wolves knocked off a second 5A team with a 29-20 win at Denver South last Thursday, a game that saw senior QB Colton Camba throw for 171 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knockoff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockoff
Verb
  • The traffic itself generally keeps moving rather than fully stopping.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Fighting on the island had stopped, so the soldiers in the picture were not under fire, and the action of raising the flag (there is a movie of it) took all of a few seconds.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Travis Decker, the man believed to have suffocated and abandoned his three young daughters at a campsite in the Washington state wilderness, is dead, Chelan County authorities said Thursday.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Gulf states are hedging against Israeli overreach—not abandoning America.
    Firas Maksad, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Linklater took a more aggressive directorial tack than usual, pushing Hawke to subtract any mannerisms that smacked too much of himself.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Business inventories also shrank, subtracting over three percentage points from GDP.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wahlberg, 54, plays a professional thief who recruits a new team in an attempt to rob a treasure recently recovered from the depths of the ocean.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The man tried to rob him, causing a scuffle that ended with Zeek shot, lying on the ground, dialing 911.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Why these four girls were murdered is still unclear.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Here was an artist, a father, murdering someone with a viciousness that went beyond self-preservation.
    Seamus Sullivan September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Survivor began this season by introducing its biggest character through his enthusiasm, his story, and a lighthearted copycat routine.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This restaurant copycat is easy to prepare, and incredibly rich and delicious.
    Christine Fiorentino, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trouble in Mind Records, the Chicago label that specialized in punk and garage-rock for more than a decade, has ceased operations.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Sep. 2025
  • All her fraudulent welfare handouts ceased in January 2025.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Among the most startling revelations was his experience filming 1977's The Sentinel, a horror movie directed by the late Michael Winner, which Sarandon says nearly drove him to quit acting altogether.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The ex-staffer, who quit in August, said he was punched, elbowed or kicked by youth over 10 times and reported three or four assaults to police.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Knockoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockoff. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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