1
: a full-sized structural model built to scale chiefly for study, testing, or display
2
: a working sample (as of a magazine) for reviewing format, layout, or content
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But schedules have slipped before, perhaps unsurprisingly, in a fragile environment where every operation is preceded by months of modeling and mock-ups.
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Yusuke Maekawa, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
The cups may have been empty, but the gesture wasn't, as the wife and children of the late Toby Keith, backed by the cup-wielding crowd, posed with a mock-up of a highway sign for the future Toby Keith Expressway.
—Brandy McDonnell, Oklahoman, 3 Mar. 2026
Moreno said the union would create a model, a mock-up, to show to the homeowners.
—Eric Adler
march 1, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
It should be noted that in-hand images of the black colorway have yet to surface and pictured here are instead speculative mock-ups of what the pair is expected to look like.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Feb. 2026
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Yusuke Maekawa, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
The cups may have been empty, but the gesture wasn't, as the wife and children of the late Toby Keith, backed by the cup-wielding crowd, posed with a mock-up of a highway sign for the future Toby Keith Expressway.
—Brandy McDonnell, Oklahoman, 3 Mar. 2026
Moreno said the union would create a model, a mock-up, to show to the homeowners.
—Eric Adler
march 1, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
It should be noted that in-hand images of the black colorway have yet to surface and pictured here are instead speculative mock-ups of what the pair is expected to look like.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for mock-up
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“Mock-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mock-up. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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