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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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Steven Spielberg's dino masterpiece — which has spawned six sequels and countless imitators — ushered in a new wave of CGI filmmaking and became an instant sensation beyond what original author Michael Crichton could ever have envisioned.
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Their clothes inspired imitators.
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In one large analysis of AI scribes at The Permanente Medical Group, clinicians saved the equivalent of nearly 16,000 hours of documentation time in one year — roughly 1,800 workdays — and reported improved satisfaction and patient interactions.
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Both scribes are repped by Verve, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment, and McKuin, Frankel & Whitehead.
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In the days since posting the news, Mitchell has continued to update her followers about the aftermath and the start of the healing process, including videos of herself laboring.
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But in my experience, even the most active and transparent people sharing what seems to be every tidbit of their life to feed or attract followers will never share their social security number or address.
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Instead of a handheld probe sweeping across your skin, a ring of transducers surrounds the body underwater and fires sound waves from every angle at once, reconstructing a full 3D volume from the echoes.
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Labour’s popularity has fallen accordingly, in echoes of the fate suffered by the center-right Conservative Party.
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“Copyists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyists. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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