mimicked

past tense of mimic

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mimicked Ohio State’s move in the odds mimicked the Buckeyes’ move in the polls. Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 In 1940 came the invention of nylon undergarments, which meant women of the midcentury could be more comfortable and less revealing in stockings that mimicked some skin tones. April White, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2026 The ribbed detailing along the hem is mimicked along the sleeves to add texture, and the buttoned neckline is monochromatic for a super streamlined look. Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026 This gave confidence that the simulant accurately mimicked lunar conditions. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 When presented with blank pages, the children started drawing rows of even marks that mimicked the appearance of letters. Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 These artificial torsos were constructed of plastics that mimicked the density of human tissue, bone and organs, and each was equipped with more than 5,600 radiation sensors on and in them. Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026 And each office door mimicked a storefront similar to shopping arcade structures. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 In a pilot clinical trial in Alabama, 40 adults with cocaine use disorder received either a single dose of psilocybin or a placebo that mimicked some of its side effects. Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimicked
Verb
  • The ’90s — its music, its films, its pre-social-media privacy — has become an object of fascination, and Long argues the era can’t be imitated or counterfeited.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • We’ve been copied, we’ve been imitated, we have been pushed to the back.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Still, Doremus copied one of his old press passes and posted it at Bellevue and other hospitals.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing is uploaded, nothing is copied to a server, and the verifying party receives only the answer to a single question, not the document itself.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955) and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) further refined the formula, while a number of decidedly sillier capers in the ’60s both parodied and advanced the genre, helping set the stage for the modern Ocean’s movies.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Others snapped selfies holding physical copies of Hard Court and marveled at the chestnut burrs—that emulated the look of tennis balls—placed around the shop.
    Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Liccardo pitched the framework as a legislative model that could be emulated across levels of local government in the Bay Area to create region-wide protection against potential ICE facilities.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In fact, after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, which killed six and injured more than a thousand people but hardly rocked the buildings, ironworkers mocked the idea that any terrorist could ever take down those great structures.
    Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • He was criticised by Guardiola last season for not challenging Virgil van Dijk anywhere near enough at Anfield in February, and he was mocked by supporters at Old Trafford in January after he was kept quiet by Lisandro Martinez and Harry Maguire.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Mimicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimicked. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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