copyists

plural of copyist
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as in imitators
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way she prides herself on being an innovator in fashion, and not a mere copyist

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as in scribes
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts some scholars argue that the vexing passage reflects a misreading of the text by an early copyist

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Noun
  • Top off fall fits with cozy scarves—think last year’s iconic Acne Studio scarf (and its many imitators) that is still going strong.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The LLMs behind generative agents and chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are certainly expert imitators.
    Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Writing and agriculture were so closely intertwined that the Sumerian goddess of grain, Nisaba, eventually also became the goddess of writing and patron of scribes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
  • And our senior writers are basically the 1999 Rams offense of football scribes.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Strangers turned to followers and views into food orders.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Tate has amassed more than 10 million followers on X and hundreds of thousands more on other platforms like Telegram and Truth Social.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Quintosapore innovative farming project may be nestled in the verdant and peaceful Umbrian hills, but echoes of Hollywood and Cinecittà are not too distant.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For many people, Stewart included, conjure’s echoes ring loudest in the kitchen.
    Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Copyists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyists. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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