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
Assists against West Ham United and Leicester City were near-carbon copies of each other after a looping ball was put on a plate for Haaland to finish — for yet more back-post goals.
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Mark Carey, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
There were two goals conceded in the dregs of the contest, carbon copies of the defensive frailties that have plagued Leicester all season.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Backup Blake Corum is a carbon copy of Williams, for better or worse.
—Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The fresh email wasn't a carbon copy of the first, sent roughly a week ago.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 2 Mar. 2025
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Mark Carey, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
There were two goals conceded in the dregs of the contest, carbon copies of the defensive frailties that have plagued Leicester all season.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Backup Blake Corum is a carbon copy of Williams, for better or worse.
—Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
The fresh email wasn't a carbon copy of the first, sent roughly a week ago.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon copy
Noun
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Micromanagement isn’t always the classic image of a controlling boss hovering nearby.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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That potentially gives him the opportunity to shape the country’s politics in his and his party’s image in a way no leader has since the Liberals’ John Howard in the late 1990s and early 2000s.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Two weeks ago, the project sold just under 3,700 copies, according to Luminate.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The franchise, which has sold 20 million copies worldwide and been translated into 15 languages, revolves around the adventures of MI5 Captain Francis Blake and his scientist friend Philip Mortimer.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
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This project marked Sidibe's return to acting after welcoming her twins with her husband.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The twins worked together on screen again in Own Worst Enemy (2014), 7 Days: The Story of Blind Dave Heeley (2019), and Last Night in Soho (2021).—
Julia Emmanuele,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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For a group of animals already at risk due to slow reproduction, additional reproductive stress caused by pollution could make recovery even harder.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Options among the four available range from an exact reproduction (this creates difficult-to-manage text boxes in Word) to unformatted text.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Companies are creating digital replicas of warehouses to monitor operations in real time.—
Umesh Kumar Sharma,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Steel eagle heads and sculptural pineapples can be spotted on different levels, as well as replicas of Chrysler’s 1929 radiator hub caps — a tribute to innovation as well as a direct reference to the building’s original owner.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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Front and center was a picture of Tatum and Williams holding hands, with the actor kissing the model's forehead.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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But Sophie’s name transforms a banal photograph into a picture that leads us into a world of families and the complicated racial politics of the 19th-century West.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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In a way, The Bad Batch became the culmination of everything that had been built around the seemingly simple concept of the elite clone troopers.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Nemesis is divisive among franchise fans, but Hardy’s performance as Captain Picard’s secret clone Praetor Shinzon feels exactly right.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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More than 400 landscapes, portraits, still lifes and sculptures — from folk Art and the Hudson River School through the modernist movements — will be on view.—
Tanya Mohn,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The new Aspen is a little larger than the popular Carver, and can sit either landscape or portrait, depending on her photography preference.—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
1 May 2025
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“Carbon copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon%20copy. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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