as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
at first glance these two mattresses may be look-alikes, but a comparison of their innards tells a different story
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Recent Examples of look-alikes
Eminem has even filled his sets with look-alikes, from the MTV VMAs in the 2000s to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
There are many look-alikes run by private insurance brokers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
There are many look-alikes run by private insurance brokers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for look-alikes
Noun
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Lord entered the truck in competitions in Louisiana and Texas and loved to park it in front of the Henderson building to take pictures of it, Michelle said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Some of my friends were pressured to send inappropriate pictures, contacted by strangers, and exposed to content way beyond our age.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the non-virtual world, some have made physical toy replicas of the characters, while others have created real-life plays featuring them.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The paper also highlights the potential of digital twins — virtual patient replicas that allow doctors to simulate treatments before applying them in real life.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Brother Dusk detonates explosives that shatter the cryonic chamber of Cleon clones, bodies raining down in blood and glass, before plucking a single embryo from the wreckage to bait Demerzel’s deepest programming.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Weaver would return as Ripley in David Fincher's Alien 3 in 1992 and as clones of the character in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection in 1997, though the Alien franchise has continued on.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The chain of landforms to the west of Kauai is so small that it was not easily spotted in the satellite images taken as Kiko roared across the Pacific toward Hawaii as a Category 4 hurricane.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Miami Gardens Police released images of dogs in the neighborhood suspected to have been involved in the attack.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If not, how are Republicans any different from their Democratic counterparts?—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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They’re often given more responsibility in the classroom than their male counterparts.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Being a subject of one of his portraits required discipline—showing up for many months, staying still for many hours.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Directed and photographed by Stuart Winecoff with creative direction from Robert Lussier, The Style Council, Paris, the films and portraits follow Ludacris, Alba, McCaffrey, and Moore through John Lautner’s Harvey House in Los Angeles, known for its lush midcentury interiors.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Look-alikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look-alikes. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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