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as in reproducing
to make an exact likeness of
for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail
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as in imitating
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices
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Recent Examples of copying
Promoter sequences are short stretches of DNA that tell the cell’s copying machinery where a new protein starts.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Bobbitt said the issue may have been with incorrectly copying and pasting numbers.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Min denied the allegations and accused Hybe of copying NewJeans’ concept for another girl band under a different Hybe subsidiary.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
This entails copying and pasting certain sections of a photograph, or groups of pixels, from one region of a photo to another.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
Funyyzo Wide-Leg Pants Inspired by Kelly Clarkson Or, consider copying Clarkson’s red-hot look with these vibrant pants that have amassed more than 5,100 perfect ratings.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Marasco has accused Swift and her co-defendants of copying her poetry in lyrics and visuals from multiple albums, including , , and .
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Berthe and her sister Edma continued more advanced studies, copying old master paintings at the Louvre Museum, where in 1867 Berthe met Manet.
—Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Let’s study each other’s strategies without copying each other’s dreams.
—Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Bobbitt said the issue may have been with incorrectly copying and pasting numbers.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Min denied the allegations and accused Hybe of copying NewJeans’ concept for another girl band under a different Hybe subsidiary.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
This entails copying and pasting certain sections of a photograph, or groups of pixels, from one region of a photo to another.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
Funyyzo Wide-Leg Pants Inspired by Kelly Clarkson Or, consider copying Clarkson’s red-hot look with these vibrant pants that have amassed more than 5,100 perfect ratings.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Marasco has accused Swift and her co-defendants of copying her poetry in lyrics and visuals from multiple albums, including , , and .
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Berthe and her sister Edma continued more advanced studies, copying old master paintings at the Louvre Museum, where in 1867 Berthe met Manet.
—Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Let’s study each other’s strategies without copying each other’s dreams.
—Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copying
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Also like the natural world, the Tyranids are patient, slowly devouring the edges of the galaxy and reproducing in unthinkable numbers in the darkness of space.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Women’s free labor in the home subsidized the profits of employers because workers’ families bore the cost of reproducing the future labor force.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said hackers accessed the system by imitating a legitimate user account.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Life isn’t quite imitating art for Kim Kardashian.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Tagliabue had insisted he be directly involved in all labor negotiations, basically rendering useless the Management Council of club executives that had handled such duties for nearly two decades.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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George Miller spent 40 years building the Mad Max universe, but holds little fear for technology that can recreate a version of his dystopian dust bowl within seconds of rendering a text prompt.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The vibrant look included what appeared to be head-to-toe body paint emulating Camilla’s surprise stripes.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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From past to present, Brandy remains a style icon worth emulating.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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Some experts believe the total number of assets tied up in passive funds could be 2x higher because many active fund managers have started replicating passive fund strategies.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
7 Nov. 2025
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Fans got a glimpse of Jaafar in the role during the November 2025 teaser trailer, which showed the first footage of the young star replicating his uncle's iconic choreography.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement Someone with aphasia might have difficulty forming full sentences, instead repeating jumbled words, or will start slurring.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the repeating co-branded logo seen throughout the boot, Supreme’s red box logo tab is found on the lateral side.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Bidirectional edges connected the robots to each other, because each robot had to know what other robots were doing at each time step to avoid collisions or duplicating tasks.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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The remaining one-third involves SG&A costs, split between restructuring sales and marketing operations and duplicating corporate functions such as finance, HR, and legal.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Copying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copying. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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