as in simulation
a full-sized model of something (such as a boat or a car) that is used for studying, testing, or showing its features
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Recent Examples of mock-up
Moreno said the union would create a model, a mock-up, to show to the homeowners.
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Eric Adler
march 1, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
It should be noted that in-hand images of the black colorway have yet to surface and pictured here are instead speculative mock-ups of what the pair is expected to look like.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Feb. 2026
Landscape architect Rick Parisi also presented mock-ups showing the foliage that will accent the ballroom grounds and the relocation of a fountain on the east edge of the White House campus.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
More about the controversial plans and mock-ups of the coins is in the full story, here.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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Eric Adler
march 1, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
It should be noted that in-hand images of the black colorway have yet to surface and pictured here are instead speculative mock-ups of what the pair is expected to look like.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Feb. 2026
Landscape architect Rick Parisi also presented mock-ups showing the foliage that will accent the ballroom grounds and the relocation of a fountain on the east edge of the White House campus.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
More about the controversial plans and mock-ups of the coins is in the full story, here.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mock-up
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Using computer simulations to model the breakup in detail, Jiao's team found that Saturn's tidal forces would have preferentially stripped away the moon's icy mantle while leaving much of its rocky core intact.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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These insights will help researchers develop simulation models and machine learning systems to refine robot behavior.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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By the time it was completed in 1935, about 100 people had worked on the Fairy Castle — which contained more than 1,500 miniatures and cost nearly $500,000.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The film also features a car chase depicted with miniatures and stop-motion animation to convey humanoid figures who have removed their skin.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Then, carbon-copy goals from Brittany Ratcliffe and Madison Mercado — who got on the end of crosses whipped in by Sofia Huerta in the 26th and 33rd minutes — saw the Current shell-shocked down 3-0 in the 33rd minute.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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Keep copies of your passport and use a money belt in crowded areas.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Kiper’s mock then has the Dolphins using the 30th pick — acquired in the Jaylen Waddle trade with Denver — on Auburn’s Keldric Faulk, an edge rusher who looks the part (6-6, 276) and can nail a workout but produced a meager two sacks in 12 games last season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Steelers, incidentally, take a receiver in this mock — and there are lots of talented prospects at that spot, too.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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The theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick examined the extent to which jealous imitation drives all manner of same-sex relations, straight and gay.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Choose pure vanilla extract (not imitation vanilla) for superior flavor.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The results show that reproduction could pose a real challenge for future space settlers, but it still can’t be ruled out as impossible.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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The study, from researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia, is just the latest addition to a growing pile of evidence that suggests mammalian reproduction in space might be quite complicated, if not impossible.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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New selfie spots The Centerfield Plaza will be home to an oversized 2025 World Series replica trophy, alongside the 2024 trophy where fans can take pictures.—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Faux-chrome hubcaps and brick outlines resembling fenders decorate the building’s skin; those giant gargoyles on the corners are overscale replicas of radiator-cap hood ornaments.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 2026
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Drawing at least in part on information from Chalker’s defectors, the Pentagon constructed life-size underground facsimiles of Iranian nuclear facilities where the scientists had worked, attempting to duplicate even the thickness of the walls.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Carter Museum also partnered with the Fort Worth History Center to provide a number of archival materials, photographs, and facsimiles of the Como Weekly, a Black newspaper in the Lake Como community that ran from 1940 until 1986.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2026
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