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monkeyed

verb

past tense of monkey

as in copied

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On April 22, investigators determined that the attacker had copied personal information.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Where products can be copied and technologies commoditized, sensory resonance creates a physiological memory that will beg to be repeated.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of copied

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Tahiliani staged a brief presentation with models in his latest designs — the most standout being a series of gowns with foam corsets that mimicked the human torso, draped with fabrics in the same color.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
His performance has been mimicked so many times in the quarter-century since this unforgettable film was released.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of mimicked

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Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.

— Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
But none aped the style of an actual Super Bowl ad more cleverly than this one, clearly modeled after Budweiser’s ads that tend to feature horses and inspirational voiceovers.

— Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026

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Golf's media establishment mocked defectors as sellouts and eagerly counted down the days until LIV's collapse.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
In the early 1930s, the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty wrote stories denying the famine that Joseph Stalin’s forced-collectivization policies were causing in Ukraine and mocked journalists who reported the truth.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

Definition of mocked

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In Mel Brooks’ parody fashion, the Spaceballs team parodied Marvel’s Hall H panels with an expansive Spaceballs Cinematic Universe, stretching across 180-degree screens in the room.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Maury Povich is looking back on being parodied by Jim Carrey on In Living Color.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

Definition of parodied

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The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
When fraudsters adopt voice cloning, banks respond with checks that test for the subtle traces cloning leaves behind, and when defenders turn to the study of behavior, criminals begin to rehearse how ordinary conduct can be imitated.

— Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of imitated

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Standing before the microphone on the Constitution Hall stage, Nikhil asked for the latter word’s definition, language of origin and other identifying information while his fingers mimed typing.

— Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Instead of getting upset himself, Busch mimed wiping away fake tears to the crowd.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026

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