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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
Their investment in fuel-efficient Boeing 737 MAX aircraft has also reduced per-passenger carbon emissions on key routes.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025
Advertisement In China, rapidly expanding clean energy has sent carbon emissions into reverse for the first time, part of a 15 year plan by Beijing to electrify its economy and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
—Laurence Tubiana, Time, 18 June 2025
Prairie State is one of the top 10 biggest polluters in the country, and released over 12 million tons of carbon emissions in 2023, according to the EPA’s most recent greenhouse gas data.
—Lily Carey, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
The company plans for its super-midsized Phantom 3500 to enter service in 2030, about 20 years before aviation has made a collective pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 June 2025
Advertisement In China, rapidly expanding clean energy has sent carbon emissions into reverse for the first time, part of a 15 year plan by Beijing to electrify its economy and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
—Laurence Tubiana, Time, 18 June 2025
Prairie State is one of the top 10 biggest polluters in the country, and released over 12 million tons of carbon emissions in 2023, according to the EPA’s most recent greenhouse gas data.
—Lily Carey, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
The company plans for its super-midsized Phantom 3500 to enter service in 2030, about 20 years before aviation has made a collective pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon
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Map The Workflow With A Digital Twin Create a digital twin of your agency’s workflow before new hires start.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The Destination Earth digital twins are replicas of Earth systems used to monitor, simulate and predict the interaction between natural phenomena and human activities.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 June 2025
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Luminate reports that during the most recent tracking period — which is when people learned of Wilson’s passing — the song sold just under 4,200 copies.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Selling 95,000 copies of DESIRE: UNLEASH in the U.S., the boy band also scored a No. 3 debut on the Billboard 200, marking its eighth entry on the chart and its fifth top 10 album.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
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Fordow, Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site, was pictured in satellite images showing from a bird's-eye view that the strike had obliterated some structures at the site.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2025
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This infographic with satellite image from Planet Labs PBC from March 19, 2025, showing the Fordow nuclear site, in Iran.—
Carlo Versano
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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The drivers are housed in an acoustic chamber that is purpose-built to optimize human voice reproduction so it’s suited to vocals, podcasts, audiobooks and expressive music.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Neem oil may also interfere with insect reproduction.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
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Its rebirth began as a digital model in The Golf Club video game and was brought to life in the sandy soil of central Wisconsin—now a near-exact replica.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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In collaboration with The Intel Lab, Orion Intel created a 3D replica of the plant.—
Jeff Goertzen,
Oc Register,
22 June 2025
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The appeal is built on two ideas: 1) the amazing feat of using prehistoric DNA to clone new dinosaurs; and 2) the terrifying prospect of those dinosaurs behaving like, well, dinosaurs (namely the carnivorous ones).—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
27 June 2025
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Under the pressures of fame and parasocial demands, pop star Poppy relinquishes control to Aura, an AI clone trained on her past content.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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A week filled with fun videos of puppies trying to master the stairs and a friendly doggy neighbor making his rounds brightened our social media timelines, but a few of our readers' pet videos and pictures stood out.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Paola Jaramillo, the co-founder and executive director of Enlace Latino NC, a nonprofit Spanish-language digital news outlet covering North Carolina, painted a similar picture.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
28 June 2025
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The ovum carrying the new genetic material is allowed to develop into an embryo and then transferred into the womb of a surrogate, which ultimately gives birth to an exact duplicate of the animal from which the donor cell was taken.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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A lot of time and money is invested in ensuring your home makes a first impression that represents the style and personality of those living inside it, and having a duplicate on the street makes the neighborhood feel more cookie-cutter.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Carbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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