copycatted

past tense of copycat
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as in imitated
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom

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Verb
  • Most scholars assume that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed sometime between the eighth century and the mid-seventh century BCE, and finally copied down by the mid-sixth century BCE.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • These are traditional storage methods that require data to be moved or copied before work can begin.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded.
    Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach.
    Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The committee reproduced the same delays and concentration of authority under the language of collaboration.
    ByLeonie H. Mattison, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Liccardo pitched the framework as a legislative model that could be emulated across levels of local government in the Bay Area to create region-wide protection against potential ICE facilities.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Although other programs popped up about the same time around the country, Tulsa's is recognized as a model and has been widely emulated.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Having already come through in the seventh to tie the game on an RBI single, Bregman replicated the moment.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Call for voluntary self-disclosure Federal agencies have created a voluntary self-disclosure pathway for North Texas ISDs, a model Raybould hopes is replicated by schools throughout the state.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • ChatGPT, however, rendered the scene using sterile, abstract terminology.
    Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Copycatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copycatted. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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