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Recent Examples of knockoff
Verb
DeVille traces the knockoff effect that happened over time, like when the unpredictable pop experimentalists of MGMT were succeeded—and commercially eclipsed—by bands with blander takes on their ideas (Capital Cities, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun). Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025 Any popular product is going to see its fair share of cheap knockoffs. Devonne Goode, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
This episode, she gets knocked off. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025 But New York’s play has been lethargic since nearly knocking off the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knockoff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockoff
Verb
  • Wearing a floor-length brown double-breasted coat featuring buttons that stopped at her waist, the attire created a sultry thigh-high slit that allowed Jolie's leg to peek through.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Studies in animals and reports from people show that the side effects of this drug can continue even after someone stops taking it.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As well as finding comfort on arrival, Smith is determined that those who move on do not feel abandoned.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The novel can get busy—Taylor introduces each of Wyeth’s studio mates in the first chapter, then all but abandons half of them to squeeze in more significant characters—but there’s a warmth in the overcrowding.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Apple isn’t the first to subtract the plus sign from its streaming platform.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.
    Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Louvre was robbed The museum is closed while police investigate.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Directed by Sara Talab, this evocative period drama unfolds in 1960s Jeddah, where a young musician’s life is upended when illness robs him of his hearing.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Germany, every day, one woman is being murdered by her husband, boyfriend, whatever.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In 2017, the Gardaí received a tip that the Kinahans had hired Imre Arakas, an Estonian hit man known as the Butcher, to murder James Gately, a member of the Hutch gang who lived in Belfast.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kirkland Signature The best part about Costco is, inarguably, Kirkland Signature, their line of countless copycats of popular food, decor, or fashion items.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Moisture and energy from Tropical Storm Raymond will play copycat and get steered by the same weather system into Mexico and the Southwest, although a bit farther east than Priscilla.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, during the shutdown, VA benefits regional offices are closed, transition program assistance has ceased and VA cemetery grounds are not being maintained.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Past this point, plant growth will begin to cease, resulting in the same state in their crops as if a hard freeze has happened.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The boy can quit abruptly because there will be more interchangeable jobs—more elevators, more shoes, more greasy pots.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Play Now Marathon Runner from #cambodia refuses to quit and is rewarded!
    John Wihbey, Time, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Knockoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockoff. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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