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as in means
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 imitates
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 emulates
Developed with the biomaterials innovation company Bolt, the Goddess formulation emulates the properties of spider silk, which is known for its strength and flexibility.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Legion Space has come a long way and decently emulates a console experience.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
In August, Hron says the online research tool Westlaw unveiled Deep Research, an agentic workflow that can plan, review, and strategize legal research in a manner that emulates human work.
—John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The grand entrance on the ground floor of the two-level restaurant guides guests along a narrowing tunnel that emulates the dramatic walk into a stadium.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
All of this is controlled by a NVIDIA Jetson single-board computer, which hosts a message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) broker to facilitate communication between the hardware and the software that emulates a real reactor.
—David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
Thoughtful details went into the design, such as a grand entrance with a narrowing tunnel that emulates the dramatic walk into a world-class stadium.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The simple and classic wreath emulates harvest season, without all of the Thanksgiving tropes like pumpkins or squash.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
The nickname is the latest in a long line of posts from Newsom's team that emulates the style of President Trump- provocative and unashamedly boisterous.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Legion Space has come a long way and decently emulates a console experience.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
In August, Hron says the online research tool Westlaw unveiled Deep Research, an agentic workflow that can plan, review, and strategize legal research in a manner that emulates human work.
—John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The grand entrance on the ground floor of the two-level restaurant guides guests along a narrowing tunnel that emulates the dramatic walk into a stadium.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
All of this is controlled by a NVIDIA Jetson single-board computer, which hosts a message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) broker to facilitate communication between the hardware and the software that emulates a real reactor.
—David Szondy
september 10, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
Thoughtful details went into the design, such as a grand entrance with a narrowing tunnel that emulates the dramatic walk into a world-class stadium.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The simple and classic wreath emulates harvest season, without all of the Thanksgiving tropes like pumpkins or squash.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
The nickname is the latest in a long line of posts from Newsom's team that emulates the style of President Trump- provocative and unashamedly boisterous.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emulates
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This means that filter-feeding oysters would have been able to pass all of Chesapeake Bay’s water through their gills in one day, Mann and Lockwood calculated.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Facing more back fives and low blocks means Palace have relied on back-post crosses from the half-space more, either by Pino or Guehi.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Kim Kardashian's case, art imitates life.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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For ultraminimalists, this simple coverlet from Parachute imitates the look of a quilt without the fill, delivers on the work of a good throw blanket, and makes for a perfect year-round bed linen on account of its weight.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
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Spoofing happens when a scammer copies someone’s social media profile, such as their name, photos and other details, to create a fake account that looks real.—
Marin Independent Journal,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Think about Nobu — everybody copies their rolls.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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The articles are written by Musk’s Grok AI, and the site mimics Wikipedia’s minimalist style, page structure and reference style.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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This process mimics how healthy retinal cells normally send visual information to the brain.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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To convert the distance in centimeters to degrees of ankle dorsiflexion, use the guideline that 1 centimeter equals about 2 degrees of ankle dorsiflexion.—
RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
30 Oct. 2025
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Twenty-six patients experienced measurable improvement in vision, which equals about 80% of the group.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the northern portion of the eyewall began moving ashore earlier on Tuesday morning, landfall signifies the moment when a hurricane's center crosses the shore onto land.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the Variety interview, Shakira noted that Bad Bunny's ascension signifies the rise of Spanish-language pop around the world.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Still, no small arm matches its raw stopping power within its effective range.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Physical verification checks whether a chip layout meets the manufacturer’s strict rules and faithfully matches the original functional schematic.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Emulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emulates. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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