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Recent Examples of knockoff
Verb
Earlier this year, the Walmart Birkin made major rounds online, its supporters proclaiming apathy to whether a bag is real, its critics claiming apathy to the knockoff itself. Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2025 The federal government is warning Americans not to buy cheap knockoff faucets online that could leach harmful chemicals and heavy metals into their drinking water. Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 15 May 2025
Noun
Coming into the Finals, very few were giving Indiana a chance to knock off the Thunder. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025 Louisville beat East Tennessee State, 8-3; knocked off Vanderbilt, 3-2; and defeated Wright State, 6-0. Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for knockoff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockoff
Verb
  • Without any consequences, this autocratic politician will continue to push the limits of his authority beyond the breaking point until someone forces him to stop.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
  • Paul Goldschmidt had one of just three Yankees hits in Saturday’s 7-0 loss to the A’s, but that didn’t stop him from sharing some self-depreciation after the game.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Never desert a blaze: Avoid abandoning any fire without supervision.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
  • Retired repos add risk: When maintainers abandon a namespace, attackers can adopt it and push trojan updates.
    Syed Ahmed, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • But subtracting from their top-five offense might be necessary for the Diamondbacks to improve the pitching.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • The Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce has calculated the ROI for college degrees by looking at median earnings after graduation and subtracting the average net price of attaining a bachelor’s degree.
    Bryan Penprase, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • McNeil made a highlight-reel catch in the first inning to rob Marcell Ozuna of extra bases, scaling the wall in center field, and giving Holmes a chance to pitch with zeroes on the board.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
  • Twelve years ago high school basketball player Tony Farmer collapsed after hearing his sentence in criminal court for kidnapping, assaulting and robbing a former girlfriend.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Set in a fantasy version of early 1900s Japan, the series focuses on the adventures Tanjiro Kamado, an ordinary boy whose peaceful life in the mountains is disrupted when demons murder his family.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 June 2025
  • Harp, who is raising his orphaned niece, Dell, after her mother is murdered, never reminisces with Dell about his sister; the Antidote and Cleo both do their best not to have meaningful conversations with anyone at all.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • From employees who have been wronged by their boss to restaurateurs defending their livelihoods from copycats, competing culinary pros put their favorite knives, and egos, on the line in a bid to put old scores to bed.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 June 2025
  • There were a few copycats in the industry offering a similar technique.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Seven of the health facilities that Save the Children had supported in the region have fully closed, and 20 more have partly ceased operations.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
  • In 2021, Iran revealed its plan for taking enrichment from 20% to 60%, and soon afterward ceased to provide any further details on its fuel-making program.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • In April alone, 3.2 million Americans quit their jobs.
    Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • To say the quiet part out loud: many athletes have previously felt that choosing to have a child meant having to quit.
    L'Oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 30 June 2025

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“Knockoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockoff. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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