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as in copied
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
teenage musicians who imitate whichever rock stars are hot
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as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
imitating someone's stutter and laughing at them is a cruel thing to do
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as in reproduced
to make an exact likeness of
a second-rate artist who was notorious for imitating the works of other painters
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Recent Examples of imitated
Playing someone such as Cohn, a public and much-imitated figure, is hard enough.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Silverstone also imitated the runway look by choosing to skip a necklace.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
Often imitated but never duplicated, the Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer continues to be a bestseller online, beloved by both salon owners and everyday users alike.
—Brittany Loggins, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Over 30 years later, the event has transcended the Brewers, parodied and imitated in equal measure.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Several other automakers have imitated that design, usually on electric models.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Various lawmakers have since imitated this tactic even less convincingly.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Painted in turquoise and amber colors, the bunker imitated post WWII minimalism and Bauhaus, noted Vancouver Media’s Abdón Alcañiz, art director, physical production.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Could my stutter-step breathing and thick-ridden voice be imitated by a machine?
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Silverstone also imitated the runway look by choosing to skip a necklace.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
Often imitated but never duplicated, the Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer continues to be a bestseller online, beloved by both salon owners and everyday users alike.
—Brittany Loggins, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Over 30 years later, the event has transcended the Brewers, parodied and imitated in equal measure.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Several other automakers have imitated that design, usually on electric models.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Various lawmakers have since imitated this tactic even less convincingly.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Painted in turquoise and amber colors, the bunker imitated post WWII minimalism and Bauhaus, noted Vancouver Media’s Abdón Alcañiz, art director, physical production.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Could my stutter-step breathing and thick-ridden voice be imitated by a machine?
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imitated
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But tension from within the sheriff’s office boiled over and reached the public in November 2024, when then-Chief Deputy Kevin Canty resigned, sent McFadden a harsh resignation letter and copied the entire sheriff’s office to the email.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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State after state copied California’s Alien Land Law.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Released in 2000, the first of the Wayans brothers’ Scary Movie franchise parodied popular horror, including Faris’ memorable spoof of Drew Barrymore’s Scream opener.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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In its Saturday cold open, the sketch show parodied the final New York City mayoral debate, with Miles Teller as Andrew Cuomo, Ramy Youssef as Zohran Mamdani and Shane Gillis as Curtis Sliwa.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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In an exchange reproduced on screen, a fan asked Stause about her rift with Hernan.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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And in October 2025, her daughter emulated mom's rosy glow and undone hair in the same dress at the PAC NYC Icons of Culture Gala alongside dad Michael Douglas.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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From speculating that what scares people the most is anything natural (which can’t be emulated) to advising never listen to a designer, especially a man designer, Jacobs is direct.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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In another photo obtained by TMZ, Matthews also mocked Perry’s headline-making photo of her kissing the ground following her return to Earth.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
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Elites stirred up a now familiar moral panic about commerce corrupting letters and mocked Grub Street even as its writers built the first modern freelance economy and mass-print culture.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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Grossman found that stories that were critical of Hamas did not appear on BBC Arabic, but every story that attacked Israel was replicated by BBC Arabic, per the Telegraph.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Those are all specific processes that are often proprietary and unique to individual companies, and actually require a degree of human decision-making that isn’t easily replicated from scrapable data.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Crucially, the scientists mimicked this process by creating an artificial neural network, and by applying a simple algorithm called gradient descent to increase the accuracy of its predictions.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Manicurist Brittney Boyce, Fox's go-to nail artist, mimicked that deep red color on the star's nails—with a modern, reflective cats-eye texture.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Oct. 2025
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Majumdar’s characters’ choices would carry greater weight if the conditions constraining them were rendered with equal depth.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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However, the on-screen star rendered her bob era no more shortly after the film wrapped.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Imitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imitated. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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