Thesaurus results for EMULATE

emulate

verb

ˈem-yə-ˌlāt

Definition of emulate

as in to come (to)

to be the same in meaning or effect what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down

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as in to imitate

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior a pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents—not him

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Recent Examples of emulate News of his death, and its circumstances, has been cloaked in journalistic language that implies suicide, emulating the opacity of suicide itself. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 Nvidia, which surrendered $589 billion in a day to DeepSeek's legend, is the company DeepSeek now depends on and emulates. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Strides and setbacks in justice Guatemala was once seen as a regional model for tackling corruption through its International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, or CICIG, which countries such as El Salvador and Honduras tried to emulate. — Yuliana Ramazzini, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026 Some edits of the clip show the character in black-and-white, staring at the camera, emulating a horror movie scene. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for emulate

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But that doesn’t mean the show is cured of its worst instincts, like turning people’s very serious, consequential life problems into entertainment.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
In addition, its modular, which means that single reactor can be combined into arrays of hundreds of units, with five-year refueling cycles.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026

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But in a case of life imitating art, the show’s entire publicity strategy was inadvertently wrecked by a real-life aristocrat, after reports leaked that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was being eyed for a role in the series.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
But from Ossoff, who cuts a more wholesome figure and doesn’t imitate the president, the attacks are more surprising—and therefore perhaps more effective.

— Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of imitate

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In the heart of the Upper East Side, L’Agence is bringing California ease matched with a little je ne sais quoi to New York City.

— Minty Mellon, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
Jones applied through the nonprofit New York Foundation for Senior Citizens (NYFSC) and was matched with an elderly woman who owns a home in Jamaica, Queens.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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The instinct to copy OpenAI’s response is understandable and probably wrong.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of copy

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The casting of Lavernhe and Lottin is particularly inspired, as the two performers bring an affect to these characters that mimics the story’s dynamic.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Punk exploded in front of a handful of scared-to-death dirtsheet reporters who were out of their league, mimicking a helpless Tony Khan.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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