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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
Some experts believe the wind project is critical to California’s goal of 100% carbon neutrality by 2045 and represents a key climate change solution.
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Their robust telehealth and mobile health van networks then connect these patients to secondary district-level centers and tertiary centers as necessary to ensure patients get exactly the right level of care, while minimizing cost, travel, and carbon emissions.
—Srinidhi Polkampally, STAT, 8 Apr. 2026
Any additional electricity use will be generated by the next-cheapest source, coal or natural gas, causing just as much carbon and climate change as the electricity used by companies that don’t claim carbon neutrality.
—Arik Levinson, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Just last month, Beijing announced a low-carbon transition fund to provide direct financial support for domestic green hydrogen development.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Their robust telehealth and mobile health van networks then connect these patients to secondary district-level centers and tertiary centers as necessary to ensure patients get exactly the right level of care, while minimizing cost, travel, and carbon emissions.
—Srinidhi Polkampally, STAT, 8 Apr. 2026
Any additional electricity use will be generated by the next-cheapest source, coal or natural gas, causing just as much carbon and climate change as the electricity used by companies that don’t claim carbon neutrality.
—Arik Levinson, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
Just last month, Beijing announced a low-carbon transition fund to provide direct financial support for domestic green hydrogen development.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon
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For the Gerle twins, playing together gets better with age.—
Sam Brief,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Five sets of twins are being cared for at once at a Baltimore NICU.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Martinez added that the amendment is not needed, as officials with the Maryland Department of Health say that original copies are already kept at the state level when there are changes made to those documents.—
Danielle J. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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See our top athletes from the 2025-26 boys swimming season, and print your own copy of the PDF below.—
Boston Herald staff,
Boston Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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Crew shares first images of Earth from capsule An image of Earth taken by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman inside the Orion capsule on April 3, 2026.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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There’s nothing fancy about a big, square screen that sits upstage of the circular playing area, but the subtlety in which the images and mood flows through the screen greatly enhance the storytelling.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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For classics that lack CAD designs, the cars can be scanned to make computer models for reproduction.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Uncertainty Factor for the Grizzly Bear Cubs FWP researcher Cecily Costello noted that the timing of the birth aligns with typical grizzly reproduction patterns, as females generally have their first cubs between ages five and six.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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And as far as attention to detail, each follow in the footsteps of Amalgam’s miniature Formula 1 replicas and its previous partnerships with Maranello, which include a diminutive 12Cilindri.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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O’Leary’s just been peppering the house manager with questions about her business and admiring the replica of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man that dominates the entryway.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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The clone in question is a nod to an ongoing TikTok conspiracy theory that suggests Gomez was replaced by a body double or a clone after her kidney transplant in 2017.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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The plot twist comes after a fateful rover crash, when the true nature of the operation is revealed; Sam is really a clone that's replaced every three years when his contract ends.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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The cover girl is Ger van Braam, an Indonesian woman who subscribed to The Ladder and sent her picture to the editor in search of kinship.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Thing is, those other 499 pictures didn’t look like that incredible Erceg shot.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Of the more than 100 habeas petitions that have already been closed this year, a federal judge rejected only one, The Post found, while a few dozen more were duplicates or were dismissed voluntarily.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Union-Tribune is excluding from its analysis ICE records of arrests that are likely to be duplicates.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Carbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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