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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
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For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026 -
Along the way, the festival has outlasted many imitators and weathered shifting food trends by staying nimble.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Wise-cracking scribes wanted changes.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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Maritime and overland trade linked blacksmiths, scribes, religious scholars, bead makers, silk weavers and tattoo artists.—
R. Alexander Bentley,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, some of her followers made the trek to the mural only to find that the logo had already been painted over with a lighter shade of purple.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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Unlike Jesus’s followers who doubted his resurrection, crypto’s true disciples aren’t losing faith.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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When numerous low-altitude targets appear, radar systems detect them amid the clutter – unwanted echoes from terrain, sea surfaces, rain or buildings – before identifying and continuously tracking them, reported SCMP.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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And those echoes carry a familiar name.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Copyists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyists. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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