emulator

noun

Definition of emulatornext
1
as in ape

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as in competitor

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Recent Examples of emulator The developer of the Zluda project, a CUDA emulator, has released a new version that gives AMD GPUs a big boost in PhysX performance. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026 In one experiment, the developer Anthropic prompted its AI, Claude, to play Pokémon Red on a Game Boy emulator, and found that Claude was extremely bad at the game. — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 The Playback app isn’t just an emulator shell, either. — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025 This emulator can also account for how predictions will shift if parameters are merely tweaked by tiny amounts. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emulator
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emulator
  1. ape
  2. competitor
  3. parrot
  4. attacker
  5. impersonator
  6. invader
  7. mimic
  8. combatant
Noun
  • In the half-hour comedy series, a superintelligent ape is convicted of murdering his father, the King of Gorilla City.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Perched above the custom triple clamps are narrow ape-hanger handlebars flanked by a classic square headlight and a handcrafted cowl that accentuates the bike's narrow silhouette.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of ape
Noun
  • If Skydance increases spending on content, that could push its competitors to also invest more, Laurent Yoon, senior analyst at the research and brokerage firm Bernstein, told me.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Headquartered just outside Paris, the 128-year-old French giant is using this platform to prove that traditional European brands can out-innovate the incoming tide of Asian competitors.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of competitor
Noun
  • Her son, 8-year-old Zhu Zhentao, used AI tools to create a video showing his late parrot reuniting with its mother in heaven.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Hanging beside a replica wooden hut was a birdcage with a note explaining that the parrot had been removed for its own mental well-being.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • Labour legislator Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in 2016 by a far-right extremist, and Conservative David Amess was stabbed in 2021 by an attacker inspired by the Islamic State group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Data breaches hand attackers the right facts, and generative AI can now supply a matching face and voice.
    — Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacker
Noun
  • In this case, that’s Sarah Jones, a hugely adept impersonator of a variety of New York characters who, in 2006, won a special Tony for her one-person summoning of nearly all of Queens in Bridge & Tunnel.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of impersonator
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  • Raqib Naik, the center’s founder and executive director, said that the team documented an influx of posts portraying South Asians as invaders, job thieves and a demographic threat, evoking Great Replacement theory and remigration rhetoric.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Americans have demonized us as criminals, buffoons, lechers, invaders, criminals and job stealers since the fall of the Alamo.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of invader
Noun
  • Combining the popular weight-loss medication tirzepatide with another hormone mimic may boost the drug’s effectiveness, according to the results of a recent clinical trial.
    — Mike McRae October 09, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Made from porous nickel pyrophosphate (Ni2P2O7), an advanced nanomaterial, the memristor senses humidity and mimics functions associated with biological memory.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of mimic
Noun
  • The New Orleans Saints (1-2) and the Atlanta Falcons (1-2) — two NFC South combatants — meet on Monday, October 5, 2026 at Caesars Superdome.
    — Data Skrive, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The agency previously reported that 80 combatants had been killed on Friday.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
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“Emulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emulator. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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