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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
filled with the usual chain stores, the new mall is a too-familiar replica of hundreds of other malls
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as in reproductions
something that is made to look exactly like something else
assembled a small-scale replica of the Queen Mary ocean liner
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Recent Examples of replicas
Generations of scientists have dedicated their careers to sculpting increasingly sophisticated planetary replicas.
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The paper also highlights the potential of digital twins — virtual patient replicas that allow doctors to simulate treatments before applying them in real life.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, as well as replicas of the shooter's shirt, people are also selling shirts that resemble the one Kirk was wearing when he was shot.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
In the non-virtual world, some have made physical toy replicas of the characters, while others have created real-life plays featuring them.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Visitors can explore authentic replicas of traditional houses, including Bidayuh, Iban, and Orang Ulu longhouses, a Chinese farmhouse, a Melanau tall house, and a Malay house.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
There are doll replicas, obviously.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
But these pages are nothing more than solid replicas.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The paper also highlights the potential of digital twins — virtual patient replicas that allow doctors to simulate treatments before applying them in real life.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, as well as replicas of the shooter's shirt, people are also selling shirts that resemble the one Kirk was wearing when he was shot.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
In the non-virtual world, some have made physical toy replicas of the characters, while others have created real-life plays featuring them.
—Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Visitors can explore authentic replicas of traditional houses, including Bidayuh, Iban, and Orang Ulu longhouses, a Chinese farmhouse, a Melanau tall house, and a Malay house.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
There are doll replicas, obviously.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
But these pages are nothing more than solid replicas.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicas
Noun
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Lord entered the truck in competitions in Louisiana and Texas and loved to park it in front of the Henderson building to take pictures of it, Michelle said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Some of my friends were pressured to send inappropriate pictures, contacted by strangers, and exposed to content way beyond our age.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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The chain of landforms to the west of Kauai is so small that it was not easily spotted in the satellite images taken as Kiko roared across the Pacific toward Hawaii as a Category 4 hurricane.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Miami Gardens Police released images of dogs in the neighborhood suspected to have been involved in the attack.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Luminate reports the set sold 9,400 copies in the United States last frame, up from under 400 the period prior.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Calligraphers like Mustapha produce sacred work, such as copies of the Quran, books of religious poetry, and amulets.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Sep. 2025
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Brother Dusk detonates explosives that shatter the cryonic chamber of Cleon clones, bodies raining down in blood and glass, before plucking a single embryo from the wreckage to bait Demerzel’s deepest programming.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Weaver would return as Ripley in David Fincher's Alien 3 in 1992 and as clones of the character in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection in 1997, though the Alien franchise has continued on.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The paper also highlights the potential of digital twins — virtual patient replicas that allow doctors to simulate treatments before applying them in real life.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Cadence has expanded this technology beyond chip design towards creating digital twins of data centers including all the functional components.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Analysts like him would pore over positive duplicates of negatives, examining them under a micro-stereoscope to see sites in three dimensions.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Clean up messy data, remove duplicates and make sure everything follows a consistent format.—
Samuel Darwin,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Highlights include intimate portraits by Nan Goldin and a monochrome image of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe during their hedonistic era in New York.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her posts around this time were more often portraits of the outsized characters that dominate conservative politics than about actual policy.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Replicas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicas. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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