mock-ups

plural of mock-up

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Recent Examples of mock-ups Engineers there use full-scale mechanical mock-ups, robotic arms, and virtual control systems. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 At Ole Miss, the school rolled out its Heisman campaign featuring Chambliss and Kewan Lacey on mock-ups of political placards around town. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 The new mock-ups differ from those previously shared in April, which featured the president's face opposite artwork representing the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Construction mock-ups, fundraising and permitting for the teacher village will take place across this and next year with hopes to break ground in 2027. Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026 In-hand images of the new Nike Air Max2 CB 94 Low styles aren’t yet available, but Sneaker Market Romania provided speculative mock-ups of what the new pairs are expected to look like based on Supreme’s March SB collaborations, which is similar to the build of 2017’s Air Max2 CB 94 Lows. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 Once in space, the ship will release 20 mock-ups of SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink satellites, plus two deployable Starlinks fitted with cameras to take pictures of the rocket’s upper stage in flight. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 May 2026 The center was also designing and testing mock-ups of a lunar lander, which Armstrong — now the center’s namesake — later used to practice landing on the moon while still here on Earth. Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 But the mock-ups got attention. New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mock-ups
Noun
  • Researchers point out that this ability could make maritime simulations more realistic while helping identify weaknesses in operational plans.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The team then ran thousands of simulations, testing which combinations of globular cluster properties and dark matter distributions could reproduce the stream's observed brightness and shape.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • One can imagine the burden of splitting up a valuable estate and the myriad decisions about how to run it posthumously, such as whether to license the name or make reproductions.
    Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The widely available listings are reproductions, not salvaged restaurant fixtures.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Back in 2015, Parton and her team buried a chestnut box filled with physical copies of a brand new song in two formats, cassette and CD, along with their corresponding players, under her Dollywood DreamMore Resort and Spa.
    Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In a settlement agreement reached last year, Conservice agreed to provide any California tenant disputing their bill with copies of invoices and formulas used to determine their specific charges.
    Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • For centuries, Arctic cold has kept plant life small, a sort of dollhouse of Earth's miniatures.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Most of these miniatures and tone poems were inspired by Hopkins’ childhood — his parents, his hometown, the day the circus came.
    Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Catholics in his government, from Supreme Court justices to Cabinet members to Vice President JD Vance, are acting as a rubber stamp for an imperious ruler, instead of imitations of Christ.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The shoes have also inspired countless imitations from other brands, making the popular design more affordable and accessible, while the original remains highly coveted among shoe lovers.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • But there’s always the risk that the variations become lifeless facsimiles.
    Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Seventeen were replaced with reproductions or facsimiles, while three were taken off view.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • My kids could never get enough of Dinosaur Land, a walk-through theme park with more than 50 life-sized replicas of these beloved prehistoric creatures made out of fiberglass.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Outside of this special occasion, the crown is displayed with replicas of the Cullinan III, IV, and V so the real stones can remain in rotation in the royal jewelry box.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Mock-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mock-ups. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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