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as in imitation

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verb

present participle of mimic

as in imitating

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp

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as in emulating

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made

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Recent Examples of mimicking

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Additionally, those early on in their criminal career often try on their criminal identity by mimicking others’ crimes. —

Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026 The new framework addresses that issue by mimicking how the human brain predicts sensory feedback. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026 The Artist was mimicking the the-size-of-your-baby-is-the-size-of-this-fruit comparison, which seemed to have been popular for all of time. —

Literary Hub, 8 May 2026 Minab has been transformed into a landscape of collective grief, where the rhythm of daily life now includes frequent visits to the cemetery, where small graves are arranged in neat rows, just steps apart, mimicking the order of a school assembly. —

Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Much of his free time revolved around listening to the radio, sometimes mimicking different announcers. —

Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 4 May 2026 Kardashian shut down the red carpet in 2019 with her wet-looking Mugler dress with a corset bodice and beads mimicking dripping water. —

Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026 The rich, indulgent dessert is designed to live up to its name, mimicking brownie batter in all its creamy, fudgy, glory. —

Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 The pale pink, elegantly languid petals support innumerable color combinations in the garden while mimicking swishing skirts. —

Erica Browne Grivas, Midwest Living, 1 May 2026

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The setup uses two CRX collaborative robots trained through imitation learning, where a human operator first performs the folding task, and the robots learn from those demonstrations.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
But the most memorable impressions are rarely straightforward imitations.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026