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Recent Examples of knockoff
Verb
Any popular product is going to see its fair share of cheap knockoffs. Devonne Goode, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025 Some of the knockoffs may also break into small pieces that a child may put in their mouth, CPSC reported. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
Four top-10 teams lost this week, with Oregon beating Penn State 30-24 in double overtime, Ole Miss knocking off LSU 24-19 and Alabama winning 24-21 against Georgia on Saturday in addition to Florida State’s Friday loss. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025 Rosemount knocked off Shakopee to officially re-establish the Irish as a contender to make a deep Class 6A playoff run, while Farmington’s momentum was halted in a decisive loss to Lakeville South. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knockoff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockoff
Verb
  • The trend shows no signs of stopping.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • To help stop the spread, wash your hands, avoid sick areas, and report symptoms quickly.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The floater that has been such a huge part of his game abandoned him.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty years prior to the present day of the movie, Ray Stoker (Day-Lewis) abandoned his family to live off the grid in a hut in the woods after a scarring incident during the conflict, which pitted Catholics against Protestants within Northern Ireland, and union loyalists against republicans.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Linklater took a more aggressive directorial tack than usual, pushing Hawke to subtract any mannerisms that smacked too much of himself.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Business inventories also shrank, subtracting over three percentage points from GDP.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Three years before the famed film was released, Wojtowicz and a friend held up a Brooklyn bank in a 14-hour hostage ordeal, allegedly robbing the bank to help pay for his transgender partner’s gender-affirming surgery.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • We’ve been truly robbed of many things throughout the 2020s.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When a young woman is brutally murdered in a remote town, a determined female detective is thrust into the case.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That included a pair of hunters named Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess; on the show, Gein hunts them down and murders them with a chainsaw.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Survivor began this season by introducing its biggest character through his enthusiasm, his story, and a lighthearted copycat routine.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This restaurant copycat is easy to prepare, and incredibly rich and delicious.
    Christine Fiorentino, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The humble soybean has become a flashpoint in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies after Beijing ceased all purchases from the US.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Guests who fail to comply will be asked to cease smoking.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even down 14-0, the Jaguars never quit.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Russell—toying with the idea of quitting acting for good—jumped coasts.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Knockoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockoff. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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