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to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
was caught aping the substitute teacher's thick accent
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apes
Noun
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When a set photo depicting the actors cast as dwarves surfaced in 2023, revealing that only one of the actors had dwarfism, a fresh wave of criticism rolled in.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025 -
Additional filming was done in Nepal, with the actors making part of the trek to the Everest base camp, though the actors did not actually film at the real base camp.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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The next big bad in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister screen villains has finally been announced.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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Oh, did the villains not like being played aggressively with?—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
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That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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While pesticides sprayed on crops and the Varroa mite both pose major risks for honey bees, bears and skunks can also be destructive predators to colonies, according to Hesbach.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
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So, naturally, there is going to be interest among tourists and residents of where these nautical beasts roam, no matter how rare attacks really are.—
Kim Luciani,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
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Rather, these heavenly beasts feast on material that orbits too close, like this unfortunate star that scientists have watched being swallowed for the last decade (the longest black-hole meal ever recorded).—
Sidney Stevens,
Treehugger,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Apes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apes. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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