Examples of carbon copy in a Sentence
I'll need a carbon copy of that receipt.
She's a carbon copy of her mother.
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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.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
That’s because the Yi Dun is more or less a carbon copy of all the other ocean ships in the Viking fleet.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
The Alloclae aesthetic is distinct from that of breast implants and more akin to that of fat, though not a carbon copy.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
Lindbergh and Parent were carbon copies of each other on the ice, too — the style, the plain white mask, their similar statures — just how Lindbergh envisioned it from an early age.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
That’s because the Yi Dun is more or less a carbon copy of all the other ocean ships in the Viking fleet.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
The Alloclae aesthetic is distinct from that of breast implants and more akin to that of fat, though not a carbon copy.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 19 Nov. 2025
Lindbergh and Parent were carbon copies of each other on the ice, too — the style, the plain white mask, their similar statures — just how Lindbergh envisioned it from an early age.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Carbon copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbon%20copy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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