as in reproductions
something that is made to look exactly like something else
challenged me to tell the real roses from the silk imitations
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Recent Examples of imitations
The Residences’ partners insisted wood be wood, leather be leather, and plastic should never be a faux substitute because the ultra rich instantly spot imitations.
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Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imitations
Noun
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The Free Press filed Freedom of Information Act requests with all 15 public universities in Michigan seeking copies of any requests from federal law enforcement to access security camera footage.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Since dropping on August 22, 2025, the new LP sold a massive 3,036,360 copies around the world, according to South Korea’s real-time album sales website Hanteo Chart.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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In 2004, two 6-foot-tall statues of Chinese soldiers — a gift from sister city Xi’an, and replicas of some of the 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors found at the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang — were installed at the north end of the bridge.—
Eric Adler
August 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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There’s something uncanny about cruising past replicas of the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s belltower inside an authentic Venetian gondola as the Nevada sun beats down.—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Imitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imitations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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