1
as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another
this new digital camera is a carbon of a well-known model costing almost twice as much
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
the bell tower is a carbon of an earlier one that toppled in an earthquake
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Recent Examples of carbon
Along with neighboring Washington state, Oregon has set an ambitious mandate for electric utilities to be carbon neutral within the next two decades.
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
Most of all, trains will relieve the burden of driving, said Cody Wilkinson, 27, a Winter Park youth ski racing coach who lives in Fraser and has struggled to combine that work with graduate studies in carbon management at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
Ono vowed to cut in half campus greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and said the school’s endowment would offset carbon produced by its investments by 2050.
—Ian Hodgson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
Increasingly, California has become a global leader in reducing the carbon emissions that fuel climate change, and zero-emission vehicles are a key part of those climate policies.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
Most of all, trains will relieve the burden of driving, said Cody Wilkinson, 27, a Winter Park youth ski racing coach who lives in Fraser and has struggled to combine that work with graduate studies in carbon management at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
Ono vowed to cut in half campus greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and said the school’s endowment would offset carbon produced by its investments by 2050.
—Ian Hodgson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
Increasingly, California has become a global leader in reducing the carbon emissions that fuel climate change, and zero-emission vehicles are a key part of those climate policies.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon
Noun
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The creators of these digital twins typically charge $9-49 monthly for unlimited interaction.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The twins' delivery initially went smoothly, but then Maura began suffering from nausea and her blood pressure remained alarmingly high.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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Inside, authorities allegedly found more debit cards with numerous names on them, copies of multiple driver’s licenses, bank documents and more than a dozen cell phones, state police wrote.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2025
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The Oops album, released 25 years ago this May, sold a staggering 1.3 million copies its first week, becoming the fastest-selling female album of all time (a title held until Adele dropped her 25 record over 15 years later).—
Christopher Rosa,
Glamour,
16 May 2025
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To backtrack: Sepideh Farsi was compelled by the images coming out of Gaza to travel there.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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Miami Cancer Institute’s Skin Cancer Clinic can do a whole-body scan with the Vectra 3D, a machine that takes detailed images and creates a body map to allow experts to study and monitor lesions and other skin abnormalities and accurately assess changes over time.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
16 May 2025
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Meanwhile, other species of chain fern employed a specialized strategy called dimorphism, producing two different leaf types for photosynthesis and reproduction.—
Jay Kakade
May 12,
New Atlas,
12 May 2025
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Whether in major label studios or home recording setups, there’s always a demand for accurate reproduction of the sound captured.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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In a 2021 presentation for the American Musical Instrument Society, Knight introduces replicas of Gray’s devices and gives a demonstration.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
18 May 2025
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Tom Young, a member of the Lansing Historical Society, led the team of Paul Lamborn, John Craig, and Randy Elliott, who quickly built the replica over a couple of days.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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This success has set the stage for the next crisis, primarily because, like Gros Michel, Cavendish bananas are also clones propagated whole from a narrow genetic base.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Justin, a sunny Dirk Diggler clone, has daddy issues that mushroom into a crush on Guillermo Jacubowicz’s nameless hotel receptionist, a humble single father.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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This looked like a man who has spent the season under pressure, worrying, his team not up to its usual standards, and all of that poured out in one moment of emotional release (top picture).—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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Elsewhere at the Harrigan house, O'Hara is painting a grim picture of the crime family's increasingly delicate situation.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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The baby that results from that is an exact genetic duplicate of the original donor animal.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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Since taking office in 2020, Garrity estimates her office has flagged nearly $2 billion in improper payments annually, including overpayments, duplicates, or payments to the incorrect recipients.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Carbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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