as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier
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Recent Examples of mirror image
This reductive view of the world—women things bad, men things good—is the mirror image of the worst excesses of 2010s Tumblr feminism, when introverted teenage girls posted hashtags like #KillAllMen and drank from mugs that read MALE TEARS.
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The relationship between Matt and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) this season is a mirror image of Fisk and Vanessa.
—ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
MacDowell and Margaret were a mirror image of each other at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
But what Horowitz is watching among founders—call it AI anxiety from above, the fear of not moving fast enough—is the mirror image of what’s happening on the ground inside the companies those founders run.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
The relationship between Matt and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) this season is a mirror image of Fisk and Vanessa.
—ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
MacDowell and Margaret were a mirror image of each other at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
But what Horowitz is watching among founders—call it AI anxiety from above, the fear of not moving fast enough—is the mirror image of what’s happening on the ground inside the companies those founders run.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirror image
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Eastern Ukraine — There is a whirr, a flurry of dust, a pause as the grainy image recalibrates, and then a devastating blast.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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This new image uses data from the Sentinel-3 mission to show in vibrant color just how extreme and far-reaching this heat has been.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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Jolie shares 6 children Shiloh, Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, and 17-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, with her ex-husband Brad Pitt.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
2 June 2026
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The surviving twin, identified in court records as AH, was malnourished and unresponsive when first responders arrived.—
Laura Bauer
June 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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In Nigerian churches, fans hoisted aloft replica trophies at thanksgiving prayer services.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Officers detained many of the people in the fight after chasing them down and later found the replica Glock gun, police said.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Some of those same fans were present Monday evening, watching the national team through gaps in the outer fence around Rock Chalk Park or holding their phones above the fence to take pictures and video.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
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To get a full picture of the effect of this recent increase in wildfire frequency and intensity, a team of researchers fed surface ozone levels and premature death data into a deep-learning model.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
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Those techniques facilitate back-and-forth conversations between the target and the AI clone voice, potentially making the scam more convincing, Ajder said.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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In addition to the actions above, profile verification will become increasingly important as AI clones and content grow.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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If there was a pop culture gallery of villainy, the portrait of Regina George would occupy a prominent place.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Five rare portraits of Marilyn Monroe from 1949, captured before her name change and signature platinum look, are being auctioned to mark her centennial.—
Katie Simons,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Sticker trading events are expected to take place across the area, so that fans can gather and swap duplicates.—
Luis Miguel Echegaray,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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The idea is to take the photo to a 3-D printer that can make a duplicate.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
18 May 2026
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirror%20image. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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