likenesses

plural of likeness

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Recent Examples of likenesses The dispute highlights growing tensions between pro athletes and sportsbooks over control of names, images and likenesses. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Friday’s announcement comes after CAA called for Meta to implement guardrails for Muse, despite the agency rolling out its own AI Vault program to archive its members’ likenesses forever. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 July 2026 The case was settled and ultimately helped establish new protections for actors regarding the unauthorized commercial use of their likenesses. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 Including late actors’ likenesses in films is becoming an emerging phenomenon. Angela Yang, NBC news, 30 June 2026 By participating in the event, attendees consent to the use of their likenesses. Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Many of the companies that offer services to safeguard people’s likenesses do so at a steep cost, requiring tens of thousands in a bid for individuals to secure their identity from AI’s potential misappropriation. Corbin Bolies, Variety, 29 June 2026 The location, behind the Sheraton Hotel, already hosts the likenesses of restaurateurs Lina Fat, Biba Caggiano and Randy Paragary, and food connoisseur Darrell Corti. Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026 In the finale, however, while going through the mail, Jimmy discovers the company has been secretly making millions by selling the voices and digital likenesses of their dead clients. Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for likenesses
Noun
  • At the same time, fascinated engineers around the world were examining the same pictures and videos as everyone else.
    Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Apparently, at the airport, all the flight attendants were trying to take pictures with her.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • After all, looking at images is a creative act—no more neutral than producing images.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • This effort comes as generative AI is making convincing real estate listing images faster and easier to produce, raising new concerns about transparency in online housing marketplaces.
    Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • The color portrait is by the artist Dawoud Bey, known for his portraits of Black life.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Nishimura’s compositions offer truthful portraits of artifice.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Six modern replicas have also been completed, combining century-old plans with the latest in aluminum hulls, composite rigging, and sail technology.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
  • The King Tut Experience is another new exhibition which features replicas of artifacts from the excavation of King Tutankhamun’s tomb.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • This bubbly look pairs a holographic mother-of-pearl-inspired base with graphic illustrations of sea life, including jellyfish, turtles, and cheeky fishtail (or mermaid tail) at the tips.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 17 July 2026
  • In 1843, English botanist Joseph Hooker returned from Antarctica with samples and illustrations of plants from his expedition.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • About 60% of SMA cases are Type 1, which Nelson’s twins have, Cleveland Clinic explains.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • The twins’ father said a rescuer told him that the boys, along with their grandmother, had been pulled alive from the rubble of the OPP 25 tower in La Guaira.
    Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • The minutes-long scene is without parallel in the many previous pop culture depictions of the mythological moment.
    David Mack, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • What first appears to be simple depictions of animals reveals a rich spiritual world.
    Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • The jumping cholla is a cactus that reproduces via the spread of clones.
    Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
  • Will today’s celebrities soon be sending their AI clones into our laptops to chat with us, advise us, keep us company?
    Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

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“Likenesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likenesses. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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