as in echo
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
they're just no-talent apers of whatever rock band has the current number one record
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Noun
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There are echoes of Aaron Wan-Bissaka, whose transition from right-winger to right-back thrust his career forward and ultimately led to a £50million ($67.3m at the current rate) move from Palace to Manchester United in June 2019 at age 21.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025 -
There are echoes of Chekhov’s Three Sisters in Thomas’s semi-autobiographical movie starring Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham as siblings with dispositions as strikingly disparate as those possessed by the Prozorov sisters.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
8 Aug. 2025
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Many people of Heather's followers went on to share their shock at how much Tristan had grown in the comments section.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Beyoncé already has a base of 310 million followers on her Instagram.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Aper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aper. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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