replicas

noun

plural of replica
1
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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2
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 In this way, the replicas are imbued with the modern events tied to their materials. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026 Fielder has made a career out of constructing elaborate social experiments, like building exact replicas of people’s homes and hiring actors to impersonate their loved ones on The Rehearsal. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 The conversation then shifted to the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence and digital replicas on traditional content creation models. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 Rights, approvals and protections for digital replicas, voice, likeness and content now have to be addressed up front, not as an afterthought. — Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Fitting that there are dinosaur replicas towering over the lobby that leads straight through the building. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026 My main issue with these beloved and mostly innocuous $16 drinking glasses is less about their design and more about their never-ending trail of replicas. — Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 From replicas of South Beach, PortMiami, Wynwood and the Everglades, Miami is unmistakably the influence of Vice City. — Austin Carter, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicas
  1. pictures
  2. reproductions
  3. images
  4. copies
  5. clones
  6. twins
  7. portraits
  8. duplicates
Noun
  • James Emery, an underwater photographer from Monterey took pictures of an olive ridley sea turtle swimming near the town's wharf.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In fact, the only previous cinematic encounter was the unfortunate 2003 live-action version with Mike Myers that flopped critically and at the box office, winning a pathetic 10 Razzie nominations as one of the worst pictures of that year.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of pictures
Noun
  • Black-and-white reproductions of historic expedition photos accent hallways and suites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
  • On the editorial side, this includes the licenses for reproductions in books like exhibition catalogs, scholarly tomes, and even the covers of novels, as well as publications, for news coverage and criticism for exhibitions as well as general use.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of reproductions
Noun
  • My daughter happily colored images of the hotel’s then mascot, Buster the canine, while waiting for her avocado roll and edamame.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Haney challenged that reconstruction, questioning gaps in surveillance images and noting that no witness or camera captured the ignition.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of images
Noun
  • After Williams was announced among the cast of the show, copies of Sandler’s original Yaga play disappeared from book shelves and the Amazon digital retailer.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Mammalian vaults contain 78 copies of a major protein arranged into two symmetrical halves.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of copies
Noun
  • Since its earliest days, the video game industry has been built on developers creating clones of competing games, with varying levels of originality and varying levels of enforcement from game platforms.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In other words, the researchers were able to produce both male and female clones from the same donor male.
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of clones
Noun
  • The first vertical microseries for either of them also features 90210 alum Carol Potter, who played Cindy Walsh, the mom of twins Brenda (Shannen Doherty) and Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley).
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The two also shared a laugh over Lewis’ first impressions of the twins.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of twins
Noun
  • Included in the exhibition are four portraits of Roman emperors whose statues once stood at Boubon’s Sebasteion, a monumental display dedicated to the Roman imperial family, notes Tech Times.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • To the left is a hallway of private rooms, lined with porthole window portraits of Madonna, Morrissey, Elvis, and all the other greats.
    — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of portraits
Noun
  • Out of the 20,000 names on the list, only 7,035 had addresses in Los Angeles County and some were duplicates, according to a separate Tuesday court filing by Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Another 258 entries were duplicates, with the same unauthorized videos reported multiple times.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Replicas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicas. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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