as in miniature
something that is made to look, feel, or behave like something else especially so that it can be studied or used to train people
—often + of
a computer simulation of spaceflight simulations of body movements a simulation of the planet's surface
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Recent Examples of simulation
Is the simulation real? Jeff: Pretty wild that NASCAR’s two Tys — both grandsons of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owners (Richard Childress and Joe Gibbs) are the last ones standing in the inaugural bracket.
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 26 July 2025
The simulation is based off the Mega Evolution process, as seen in the Pokémon video game franchise.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
The drill included medical response training following the simulation.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
Volvo Cars Today, Volvo utilizes data from a car's sensors in real time and computer simulations that include human body models (crash test dummies).
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 26 July 2025
The simulation is based off the Mega Evolution process, as seen in the Pokémon video game franchise.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2025
The drill included medical response training following the simulation.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
Volvo Cars Today, Volvo utilizes data from a car's sensors in real time and computer simulations that include human body models (crash test dummies).
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulation
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Emily Bode’s touching tribute to a noted relative, a famed composer, with songs and memories, and her entire collection presented in miniature on handmade figurines inside the grand Theatre National de l’Opera Comique, was simply magical.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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Antonin, Agathe, and their crew have created a beautiful meat-free Friday lunch, capped with an edible miniature re-creation of Michelangelo’s Pietà in exquisite alabaster meringue.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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The gun, a reproduction 1873 single-action army revolver, fired a live round inadvertently loaded by Hannah Gutierrez, the production's weapons handler.—
REUTERS,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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At worst, these identical results amount to an insidious reproduction of the tropes and stereotypes present in the source text, as has been well documented by OpenAI’s own researchers.—
Piers Gelly
July 28,
Literary Hub,
28 July 2025
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Glock pistols and its imitations lend themselves to these modifications and the vulnerability applies to most models.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
1 Aug. 2025
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There's support for NVIDIA's Deep Reinforcement Learning environment, as well as imitation learning, for easy access to Isaac Gym training.—
Paul Ridden
July 25,
New Atlas,
25 July 2025
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Terms of the deal were not announced, but Taco vs. Burrito (which retails for $20 on Amazon) has sold 1.5 million copies life to date.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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What had started off as a verbal altercation between Gibbon and his daughter-in-law Jasmine Wyld escalated into physical violence as the two argued about his will, according to a copy of the incident report from the Polk County Sheriff's Office obtained by PEOPLE.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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In these two mocks, Neal was selected in the fourth round.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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However, there are some mocks that have the LSU product available for the Jets at No. 7.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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That twist has Spock — more specifically, the holodeck’s replication of Spock that La’an, until the end, thinks is the real Spock — be the murderer.—
Vanessa Armstrong,
IndieWire,
31 July 2025
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Apparently, there are numerous ways to do a mid-year replication of the winter Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays by playing seasonal music, decorating the office with trees and ornaments festooned with summery things and creating playlists of holiday songs.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
28 July 2025
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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with major international organizations, could lead the large-scale reconstruction of Gaza.—
Ami Ayalon,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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The Eighth Avenue viaduct reconstruction is the most expensive in the project list and is slated to cost $89 million.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
4 Aug. 2025
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The most recent mock-ups in the U.S. all replicate Chinese military hardware, according to Cenciotti.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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During the parachute tests, its mock-up descended to the ground at Sweden's Esrange Space Center in Kiruna from the altitude of 18.6 miles (30 kilometers) after having been dropped from a high-altitude balloon.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
22 July 2025
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“Simulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simulation. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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