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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockoffs
Noun
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Additionally, a swath of Strategy copycats that emerged over the past year or so have slowed or paused their bitcoin purchases amid the digital asset’s correction.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026 -
In the week following Shirley’s viral video, a host of copycats went out to day-care facilities around the country and posted their own videos.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Each item passes through a multi-step process combining advanced imaging, database cross-references, and final expert verification, a hybrid system that eliminates bias, minimizes error, and safeguards agains increasingly sophisticated counterfeits.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Do carve out a spot for the Mongkok market, with its colorful juxtaposition of souvenirs, food, fashions — beware of counterfeits, though — with live fish and even birds.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The images captured by bystanders and immigration agents were reminiscent of the lynching postcards that white spectators once bought and traded — reproductions of retributive violence, tailor-made to titillate and intimidate.—
Tressie McMillan Cottom,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Midcentury Furniture Keep an eye out for name-brand midcentury furniture—it can sometimes get lost amongst all the cheap reproductions.—
Heather Bien,
Martha Stewart,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Even if Toni did get away with one last con, a bleak mood lingers over the credits; even if he wasn't killed, Toni has elected to live a new life as hollow and deceptive as one of his forgeries.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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The medical director of the Cortland office said the records were forgeries, the outlet reported.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The overwhelming motive for the early fakes was to provide entertainment — about three-quarters of the images in the exhibition were created for this purpose, Rooseboom said.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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The flurry of non-consensual deep fakes produced on the platform prompted outrage and concern across the globe.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The book went into multiple printings and eventually sold over 40,000 copies in its first year, so I was disappointed when the decision was made to repackage it for the paperback edition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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At that time, McVay was looking for fresh ideas that could evolve his offense after many others had adopted copies of it around the league.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Knockoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockoffs. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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