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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
For museums with valuable, ancient artifacts, creating replicas that can be held is also a step toward accessibility.
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Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
18 June 2026
Inside, the center of the eight-floor museum features replicas of American milestones like the Declaration of Independence, the end of slavery, the fight for equal rights, and highlights from the Obamas' time in the White House.
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CBS News,
17 June 2026
After the online store’s supply ran out, sellers took to eBay and Etsy with options ranging from official replicas to blatant rip-offs.
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Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
The union has argued that the language — coupled with an arbitration provision — will limit the use of AI replicas to a handful of edge cases.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 June 2026
In addition to the photobooks, the installation included a pair of headphones playing Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer, along with two replicas of Andy Warhol’s post-shooting girdle.
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Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
After a near-yearlong strike, SAG-AFTRA ratified a 2025 Interactive Media Agreement requiring consent and disclosure for AI digital replicas—and letting performers suspend that consent during a strike, in effect sending their digital doubles to the picket line.
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Maureen Kerr,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
But there’s also value in reading the film as a commentary on artificial intelligence, specifically in how language-learning models can only create hollow replicas of reality, humanity, or memory.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
Then, head next door to the Jamestown Settlement, also a living history museum, to view replicas of a 17th-century Indigenous village, James Fort, and the three ships the colonists sailed in from England.
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Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
18 June 2026
Inside, the center of the eight-floor museum features replicas of American milestones like the Declaration of Independence, the end of slavery, the fight for equal rights, and highlights from the Obamas' time in the White House.
—
CBS News,
17 June 2026
After the online store’s supply ran out, sellers took to eBay and Etsy with options ranging from official replicas to blatant rip-offs.
—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
The union has argued that the language — coupled with an arbitration provision — will limit the use of AI replicas to a handful of edge cases.
—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 June 2026
In addition to the photobooks, the installation included a pair of headphones playing Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer, along with two replicas of Andy Warhol’s post-shooting girdle.
—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
After a near-yearlong strike, SAG-AFTRA ratified a 2025 Interactive Media Agreement requiring consent and disclosure for AI digital replicas—and letting performers suspend that consent during a strike, in effect sending their digital doubles to the picket line.
—
Maureen Kerr,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
But there’s also value in reading the film as a commentary on artificial intelligence, specifically in how language-learning models can only create hollow replicas of reality, humanity, or memory.
—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
Then, head next door to the Jamestown Settlement, also a living history museum, to view replicas of a 17th-century Indigenous village, James Fort, and the three ships the colonists sailed in from England.
—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicas
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Later pictures showed the structure being towed within the lagoon.
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Space-age music blared night-club-loud as pictures of birds, plants, and flowers cascaded down the walls.
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Early in the movie, failed architect and failing furniture-store owner Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) discovers a portal into a seemingly endless, unpopulated liminal space filled with distorted reproductions of real-world rooms, objects, and even whole neighborhoods.
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Rooms are done in rich fabrics in warm earth tones and dressed up with elements of local design, such as reproductions of Pavel Janak’s angular Cubist timber chairs and elegant chaise longues from designer Adolf Loos.
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In February, the FBI released images showing an armed person at Nancy Guthrie's front door tampering with the camera prior to her disappearance, but the suspect in the images has not been identified.
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One series displayed different images depending on the viewer’s position relative to the piece.
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The fee for copies of X-rays will increase from $55 to $60.
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The album was tracked in the Northampton home studio of recording engineer Chris Dixon, and sold only 1500 copies in its first year of release on future Matador Records founder Gerard Cosloy’s early label Homestead Records.
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Vital to the Southers’ battle plan is the use of genetic infantrymen, a battalion of clones whose thoughts can be downloaded on to a chip and reused if the host body is destroyed.
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Statistically, Llamas and Kyles are virtual clones in some categories.
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This is especially true for premium merchandise priced over $1,000, where buyers face the highest financial risk, the authors of the report said, adding that full-body rendering has emerged as the clear consumer preference, capturing 80 percent of user engagement over basic AI twins.
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And, if no team could, how would the twins respond to being separated for the first time since their zygote days?
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Among all the things that make Iliad Bookshop unique is the mural outside, depicting literary scenes and portraits of more than fifty authors and musicians like Charles Dickens, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, Pink Floyd and Tom Petty.
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Earlier works often centered on solitary women posed with the self-possession of royal portraits or religious icons.
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To perform the analysis, any possible duplicates in the data were not counted.
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Misplacing everyday items or buying duplicates signals a need to declutter and organize.
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“Replicas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicas. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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