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
On running these simulations, the researchers found that women ended up doing about 57% of the nighttime care, just slightly more than men.
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New Atlas, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, the new film's trailer shows Powell's character running from killers all over the country and not solely in a game simulation — which more resembles the fictional novel.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 2 July 2025
The team details their project in two new studies published in Science Advances: One describes the researchers’ numerical simulations, while the other describes their journey.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Each of these had a variable number of lithium atoms at each of the corners of these structures, and molecular simulations showed that lithium ions could readily move between these locations, allowing the material to shuffle ions around rapidly.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for simulation
New Atlas, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, the new film's trailer shows Powell's character running from killers all over the country and not solely in a game simulation — which more resembles the fictional novel.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 2 July 2025
The team details their project in two new studies published in Science Advances: One describes the researchers’ numerical simulations, while the other describes their journey.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Each of these had a variable number of lithium atoms at each of the corners of these structures, and molecular simulations showed that lithium ions could readily move between these locations, allowing the material to shuffle ions around rapidly.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for simulation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulation
Noun
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Sunscreen is another item that makes sense to buy in miniature.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 June 2025
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Or an assortment of your favorite Disney characters, rendered in miniature, adorning the Adilette Clog 2.0?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
16 June 2025
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Ross noted that the exhibit includes murals with life-size reproductions of figures that were originally painted smaller.—
Kelly Haramis,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The 13-inch OLED touch screen is stunning, with fantastic color reproduction and crisp visuals.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Megan Stalter’s challenge here is to come off more like herself and less like an imitation of Dunham, to resist the impulse to do Hannah Horvath in London.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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The challenge is compounded by the fact that many jurisdictions have weak enforcement mechanisms for intellectual property violations, lengthy legal processes that favor defendants and cultural attitudes that view imitation as legitimate competition rather than theft.—
Mohaimina Haque,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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My mother gave me a copy of The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Matsuo Basho.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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To date, Kepler’s books have sold over 18 million copies worldwide.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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Pulse Picks Keith Law returns with a fresh MLB mock draft just a few days before the first round begins.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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This week, Johnson was projected to be the No. 5 pick in ESPN's newest NBA mock draft.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Previously, for example, there were stage replications of fashion show audiences or other smaller scenes involving the acting out of situations.—
Daniella Walsh,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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Because Indian startups are innovating for both resilience in low-resource conditions and replication outside of India, these companies have the potential to set the bar for how energy companies operate in the future.—
Vaishali Nigam Sinha,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Claudia Fontes’s stainless-steel Reconstruction of the Portrait of Pablo Míguez, representing a kidnapped child, seemed to rise from the river itself and stare across its expansive waters, as though searching for the corpses below.—
Julia M. Klein,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
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The roadway reconstruction will also support connections to future ramps at the new I-490 Tollway via the Franklin Avenue Interchange.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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On Maverick, Kosinski had rehearsed the actors on the ground, in a plywood mock-up of a plane, and then sent them up in the jets to effectively prompt and direct themselves.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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This mock-up shows how a single 30B uranium hexafluoride (UF₆) transport cylinder fits horizontally in the bed of a Ford F-150 pickup truck.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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“Simulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simulation. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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