replicas

plural of replica

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of replicas During the Qingming Festival, observed each year in April, families visit ancestral graves with food offerings and burn incense and paper replicas of everyday goods for their ancestors. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 Digital twin models, in particular, are used to build more reliable, responsive and adaptive systems by creating virtual replicas of real-world networks. — Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 What were once trusted outlets that regularly helped shape the national conversation now just sort of exist, zombie replicas of once-great institutions. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Now in his late 70s, original inventions are key to Hadjikyriacou's success, alongside precision replicas. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 The move could certainly backfire at a moment when the documentary (and nondocumentary) film world is wary of digital replicas replacing the real thing and AI deepfakes blurring the truth-fiction line. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Today, replicas of various degrees of accuracy are readily available. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 Additionally, studios need to pay residuals to digital replicas used in reruns, and replicas cannot be used during a strike. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 This involves virtual replicas of spinning frames, looms or dyeing machinery that are fed by IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) sensors. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replicas
Noun
  • This is on top of Perez Hilton and plenty of other sites (Gawker included) that would just flat-out insult people, draw nasty things on their pictures, and just generally malign them.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Post-ballet, Sorbara will walk ten blocks south of Lincoln Center for a borscht martini at Russian Samovar, where, fittingly, the walls are adorned with pictures of Baryshnikov.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But De Kooning would apply fragments of the reproductions to new compositions, often in different orientations.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026
  • This allowed the team to digitally analyze the scene, as well as create physical reproductions.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Into the works along the walls, Wolfson has set images that refer to other art historical moments across time.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Porodina has always used images as a form of self-expression, and a reflection of her restless mind.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And virtual copies of the castle's Georgian dining-room furniture are readily available at America's home furnisher.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Jenkins Reid’s novels have sold more than 24 million copies worldwide and spurred myriad film and television adaptations.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Scheungraber says DoppelCart shops mimic 44,182 different brands, with a median of two clones for each brand.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Some females, however, reproduce asexually by making clones of themselves.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Shortly after the Clooneys welcomed their twins in 2017, George and Rande sold their Casamigos tequila brand for $1 billion to British beverage giant Diageo.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • And James and Oliver Phelps, who played the Weasley twins in the Potter series, now serving as Cumming’s groundskeepers.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this year, Detroit Institute of Arts director Salvador Salort-Pons, a scholar on Velázquez who is curating an exhibition on portraits of the Count-Duke of Olivares, published his findings in the Museo Prado’s ARS Magazine.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The portraits will put a smile on any dog lover’s face, but Friedman’s favorite part is hearing people talk about their dog.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The list of candidates for the top prize duplicates last year’s roster of EOTY nominees, with the exception of Langley taking the spot that went to Morgan Wallen in 2024.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Objectors also allege some petition sheets were copies, duplicates or did not apply to the specified referendum.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Replicas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replicas. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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