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as in glass
a smooth or polished surface that forms images by reflection breaking a mirror is supposed to bring seven years of bad luck

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verb

as in to reflect
to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would the still waters of the pond mirroring the cloudless sky above

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One of the last images in the book, a double self-portrait in a mirror, is the only photograph that shows both Barbara and Wywrot looking straight at the viewer. Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 The video, reviewed by a USA TODAY reporter, shows a man sitting in a chair with the woman, wearing navy scrubs and a stethoscope, standing above him on the chair, filming the dance on her phone through a mirror. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
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In this sense, Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, which revokes Executive Order 11246 (federal affirmative action with a focus on preferences rather than non-discrimination), mirrors the civil rights battles fought in California. Wenyuan Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025 Though the employee ranks in these companies have diversified, the top jobs that command the best pay and benefits have not, mirroring the private sector at large, the analysis found. Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for mirror 

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“Mirror.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirror. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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