CARBON COPIES Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

carbon copies

noun

plural of carbon copy

as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another the child is a carbon copy of his father

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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 copies Their resemblance is uncanny; near carbon copies, some thirty years apart. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 The matches — admittedly played in much less friendly environments than Monday – were almost carbon copies of the Americans’ loss to Belgium. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Their second and third goals were almost carbon copies, too. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 20 June 2026 Of course, these three chipmakers aren't carbon copies of each other — for example, Intel has a fledgling third-party manufacturing business that's excited investors. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 June 2026 Dan Hurley's parents, Bob and Christine, looked like carbon copies of their son. — Megan Armstrong, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 Opposite Friends Song Friends don’t have to be carbon copies of each other—or do all the things the other one does in exactly the same way. — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 13 Mar. 2026 These anti-feminist arguments are not carbon copies of each other. — Ivana Greco, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2026 Below, explore five options that are practically carbon copies of her signature scent, including an Amazon option that's just over $20. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 23 Feb. 2026

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Noun

But the sight of a man sleeping atop the shelter next to a shopping cart caught the attention of onlookers, some of whom pulled out their phones to take pictures, as first reported by KTLA.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, overflowed, destroying pictures of the late 13-year-old boy whom Campbell helped raise — and just about everything else in her home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

These genomes should reflect the full sequence of both chromosome copies and the diversity of the global population, rather than relying on one person or one ancestral group as a universal standard.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
When the Spider swings past a silverish-gray newsstand filled with copies of the Daily Bugle, the frame becomes black-and-white, even in the color version.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of copies

Noun

Gorgoni shot his images in the snow, endowing Shift with a stark graphic identity devoid of human occupancy.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
In March, the company debuted Luma Agents, which can execute creative work across text, images, video, and audio on behalf of studios, marketing teams, and agencies.

— John Kell, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

That her means of exit is abandoning her newborn twins is less than sympathetic, but in a different era Cathy would have options beyond a domesticity that never suited her in the first place.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
The Trask twins have grown up with the lie that their mother died, and while Cal hides his wounds from that absence, Aron doesn’t.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

The film worked extensively to operate under the union’s new rules surrounding the use of digital replicas and AI, especially when new scenes would emerge throughout the four-month production.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of replicas

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One of the clones, Antonia, has done what her counterpart has failed to do — produce a surviving lineage of ferrets.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Scheungraber says DoppelCart shops mimic 44,182 different brands, with a median of two clones for each brand.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of clones

Noun

Several hang in the Musée d’Orsay, including one of his portraits of the physician who treated him, Doctor Paul Gachet.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Other novelists have turned to acidic, class-conscious portraits of the underemployed—see Andrew Martin and Halle Butler.

— Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

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