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Recent Examples of mimicry
The genre spoofing plays too often like mere mimicry without much wit.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The mimicry of behaviors by a monarch needs to stop.
—Barron Witherspoon Sr, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
This cutting-edge use of 3D printing has given researchers a new lens into how mimicry evolves and why some species become expert imposters while others can get away with just a rough resemblance.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
But few fan bases have gone the extra mile to put on bald caps, and Pitbull said he felt touched by seeing the special effort his fans put into their mimicry.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
The mimicry of behaviors by a monarch needs to stop.
—Barron Witherspoon Sr, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
This cutting-edge use of 3D printing has given researchers a new lens into how mimicry evolves and why some species become expert imposters while others can get away with just a rough resemblance.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
But few fan bases have gone the extra mile to put on bald caps, and Pitbull said he felt touched by seeing the special effort his fans put into their mimicry.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimicry
Noun
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Developer Arrowhead has characterized the game as a satire.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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What Castro depicts, in pointillist satire, is the way someone on the inside might come to agree.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Williams said, touching off laughter.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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Her laughter and her soft voice way more brilliant.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The characters are turning into caricatures — especially Martin Short’s Oliver Putnam.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Easy isn’t a caricature, even if the people and events around him increasingly feel that way.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That haunting fact shows up in House of McQueen, but for some reason, Cloud and Helfrich turn the moment into a burlesque.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Minnie Tonka, an international burlesque star and Colby's friend, will be flying in from New York to teach a class on comedy and burlesque.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Young Thug wasn’t the only target, however, as his girlfriend, Mariah The Scientist, also caught a few shots for entertaining Thugger’s insults over the phone.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Mimicry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimicry. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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