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as in pictures
a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing
the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness
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as in images
something or someone that strongly resembles another
why, you're the very likeness of your mother!
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Recent Examples of likenesses
The tech giant personnel leading the discussions took an upbeat tone, repeatedly talking up an opt-in regime that would protect the agency’s clients against the misuse of their intellectual property and likenesses.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Digital scanning of human actors, for the purposes of using their likenesses in film and TV projects is another tricky area for the unions given how untested the legal questions are, the attorneys agreed.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
A week or so after launching its video-generation app Sora, OpenAI is allowing users more options to restrict how their likenesses appear in videos.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
The company noted that consumers will be able to see their digital likenesses in a variety of situations.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
Byron has adopted the American-style tactic of using candidates’ likenesses on campaign posters.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, YouTube’s tool detecting unauthorized uses of creators’ likenesses is now in an open beta to members of YouTube Partner Program.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Persona vectors are thought to be relatively universal in the sense that major LLMs seem to employ the same or similar capacity, likely due to the overall likenesses in architecture and design.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The actors appear to have been chosen based on their likenesses alone.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Digital scanning of human actors, for the purposes of using their likenesses in film and TV projects is another tricky area for the unions given how untested the legal questions are, the attorneys agreed.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
A week or so after launching its video-generation app Sora, OpenAI is allowing users more options to restrict how their likenesses appear in videos.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
The company noted that consumers will be able to see their digital likenesses in a variety of situations.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
Byron has adopted the American-style tactic of using candidates’ likenesses on campaign posters.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, YouTube’s tool detecting unauthorized uses of creators’ likenesses is now in an open beta to members of YouTube Partner Program.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Persona vectors are thought to be relatively universal in the sense that major LLMs seem to employ the same or similar capacity, likely due to the overall likenesses in architecture and design.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The actors appear to have been chosen based on their likenesses alone.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for likenesses
Noun
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Those moments, the quiet ones between pictures, are the ones that live on in the images.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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The photo carousel also included throwback pictures of the couple from over the years, with some dating all the way back to their time together as preschool classmates.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Lensed in New York by renowned portrait photographer Platon, the campaign unfolds in bold black-and-white images and a series of short films hinging on the five themes of friendship, respect, connection, trust and warmth, completed by behind-the-scenes moments.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Operators should also follow federal aviation rules when using drones for tasks like mapping, surveying or capturing images at public events.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The colorful illustrations in this book are like a glimpse into a child’s imagination, with fun surprises to be found on every page.—
Sara Rowe Mount,
Parents,
15 Oct. 2025
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These start with different illustrations of down-home life that gradually give way to drawings of fires, mayhem and syringes plunged into eyeballs as a saccharin-sweet song from sisterly duo Patience and Prudence plays.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In another nod to Burberry’s heritage, replicas of the 1930s clock from the brand’s former flagship on Haymarket will feature in select pop-ups.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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Similar complaints came from Drake and The Weeknd whose own AI replicas were pulled from streaming platforms after public outcry.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Beaton set out to revolutionize how portraits were taken.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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His portraits poked a hole into the romantic mythology of the American West, telling instead a story of poverty and struggle.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Kournikova and Iglesias welcomed twins Lucy and Nicholas in December 2017.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Now, life for the mom of four boys, including 3-year-old twins Tommy and Luka, is anything but quiet.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There may be depictions of violence in a PG-13 movie, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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More recently, women started going to college at higher rates than men, the gender pay gap started to close, women started having children later, LGTBQ rights made strides and body positivity pressed companies to diversify depictions of beautiful people.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The labels have for the most part taken a cautiously experimental approach to AI music in the past several years, granting licenses to a few companies to create tools like AI voice clones or music generators, but suing several developers who didn’t get licenses for their models.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Delphi’s digital clones embody that vision.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Likenesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likenesses. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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