as in twin
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-alike
Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Every feed is saturated with look-alike posts and algorithm-chasing fluff.
—Henry McIntosh, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Eminem has even filled his sets with look-alikes, from the MTV VMAs in the 2000s to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
There are many look-alikes run by private insurance brokers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
On Tuesday night, during the Target Field celebrity look-alike cam, Outman was pictured as the celebrity and a live shot of Fitzgerald came on the screen.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Every feed is saturated with look-alike posts and algorithm-chasing fluff.
—Henry McIntosh, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Eminem has even filled his sets with look-alikes, from the MTV VMAs in the 2000s to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
There are many look-alikes run by private insurance brokers.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for look-alike
Noun
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The birth will be in San Diego, about 250 miles south of Santa Barbara, and as with the twins, McAnally and Baum plan to be present for it.—
Nancy Kruh,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Rather than running the cars on the track with different tires, transmissions, and weather conditions to find the recipe for optimal performance, teams are creating digital twins of entire systems and modeling them with simulations.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The mother of six wore a similar leg-baring look at the 84th Annual Academy Awards — a black Atelier Versace gown with a dramatic slit.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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The finished product is similar in flavor to cheese straws, just a little more hearty—and without all the fussing over mixing and piping pastry dough.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In his fourth professional season, Watson’s offensive role off the bench is likely to expand beyond the baseline, where he’s been used in the past as both a corner spot-up shooter and an Aaron Gordon dunker spot replica.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Not a full-size kitchen, of course, but rather a miniature replica of a kitchen, a tiny kitchen with a tiny table where two tiny dolls sit, blank-eyed and smiling and ready to eat an invisible meal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The moves come amid explosive global growth, with the brand on track to post a 20 percent revenue increase this year, building on a comparable gain in 2024, said chief executive officer Raul Verdicchi in an interview.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Last quarter, Macy’s reported its best comparable sales performance in 12 quarters.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Malinche’s negative image was solidified by Nobel Prize in Literature winner Octavio Paz.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Another kibbutz member approached a local TV correspondent, urging their channel not to stop airing the images of the returning hostages even as the high-level speeches at the Knesset began.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One such star who is already confirmed to return is Kittle.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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The last such conversion, a 2-yard run by EJ Smith from the Texas A&M 34, seemed to seal the win for the Aggies.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
19 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
Adjective
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Styled by Anna Trevelyan, Harlow stepped out in Look 8, a bold matching brown leather set featuring a cropped jacket worn open with no top underneath, paired with mini shorts.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Redditor, u/BackToGuac, managed to find a Gaultier Vampyre blood drip jacket, only to return to the same thrift store one week later to find the matching maxi skirt.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Look-alike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look-alike. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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