1
as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the child is a carbon copy of his father
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
a clothing company that makes carbon copies of designer duds
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Recent Examples of carbon copy
These full-size replicas are practically carbon copies of memorable vehicles from blockbuster movies and hit TV series.
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Speaking to Collider earlier this year, Frost praised Coltrane’s Hagrid performance and told fans not to expect a carbon copy.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Individuality always rules—looking like a carbon copy of everyone else does not.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Different play styles Horn and Pribula aren’t carbon copies.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Speaking to Collider earlier this year, Frost praised Coltrane’s Hagrid performance and told fans not to expect a carbon copy.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Individuality always rules—looking like a carbon copy of everyone else does not.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025
Different play styles Horn and Pribula aren’t carbon copies.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon copy
Noun
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Its images have illuminated how galaxies form, evolve and recycle their material through generations of star birth and death.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Cranston was among those who raised concerns when the initial launch of the AI video platform allowed users to create his image without his permission.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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Costco, though, was a shrewd recombination of what had come before rather than a straight copy.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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While those films were burned, what the West never knew was that those were not the only copies of these films as Hesse had stored the vast majority of the originals safely in London, away from the political upheaval.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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The birth will be in San Diego, about 250 miles south of Santa Barbara, and as with the twins, McAnally and Baum plan to be present for it.—
Nancy Kruh,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Rather than running the cars on the track with different tires, transmissions, and weather conditions to find the recipe for optimal performance, teams are creating digital twins of entire systems and modeling them with simulations.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The collection included reproductions of uniforms worn by each profession and Johnson’s modernized interpretations, enhanced with waterproofing, durability and thermal regulation.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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Fabio’s journey to understand Angus begins with a reproduction glimpsed on a phone and then takes him to Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the home of Betty Angus, Patrick’s mother.—
Alessia Glaviano,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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In his fourth professional season, Watson’s offensive role off the bench is likely to expand beyond the baseline, where he’s been used in the past as both a corner spot-up shooter and an Aaron Gordon dunker spot replica.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Not a full-size kitchen, of course, but rather a miniature replica of a kitchen, a tiny kitchen with a tiny table where two tiny dolls sit, blank-eyed and smiling and ready to eat an invisible meal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The big-picture story isn’t any better.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Nearly six months later, though, a slightly different picture is emerging; ironically, a glance at Rotten Tomatoes — more of which later — shows that the film is now firmly rated just about Fresh with critics and audiences alike, with approval scores of 69% and 65%, respectively.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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The labels have for the most part taken a cautiously experimental approach to AI music in the past several years, granting licenses to a few companies to create tools like AI voice clones or music generators, but suing several developers who didn’t get licenses for their models.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Delphi’s digital clones embody that vision.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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His portraits poked a hole into the romantic mythology of the American West, telling instead a story of poverty and struggle.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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One of the most moving stories in the film is the portrait of a father and son bonding over their love of geek culture.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Carbon copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon%20copy. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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