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Recent Examples of mimicry
Instinctively, and through mimicry.
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Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
These chatbots can provide human-like responses, emotional mimicry and sometimes invite ongoing conversations.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Large language models, or LLMs, offer a convincing mimicry of human thinking, but aren’t actually doing so, Robison and Sheneman said.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
It is all based on mimicry of how humans exhibit anger.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
These chatbots can provide human-like responses, emotional mimicry and sometimes invite ongoing conversations.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Large language models, or LLMs, offer a convincing mimicry of human thinking, but aren’t actually doing so, Robison and Sheneman said.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
It is all based on mimicry of how humans exhibit anger.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mimicry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimicry
Noun
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With a top-notch cast and slick production design, Churchill’s clever concoction of speculative fiction, corporate satire and family drama remains sharp and timely.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Deano follows a mischievous 8-year-old boy with a heart of gold, blending a modern family’s chaos with biting satire.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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The remark drew applause and laughter from the black-tie audience.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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The way my voice would change when someone answered, and the endless laughter.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement The ability to sit face to face, to listen as much as to argue, to disagree without retreating into caricature is a prerequisite for meaningful action.—
Alan H.H. Fleischmann,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Martin himself has a knack for reinforcing these caricatures.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, hometown hero and skier Gus Kenworthy acts as host for the entire week, which features events like the blow-out White Party, a drag and burlesque show with both national and local talent, and the Glitter Ball where anything that sparkles is in fashion.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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Mirroring Bowie’s career, the event serves up a little bit of everything – drag performances and burlesque; puppets; performance art and of course lots and lots of Bowie music.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Where Vance seems only to have desired to berate and insult, there was something more urgently coaxing in Rubio’s tone.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Employees at an El Dorado Hills fast food restaurant went on a one-day strike, after a manager reportedly flung insults and acted unprofessionally to Latino workers.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Mimicry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimicry. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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