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
This estimate includes a 100,000-square-foot medical education complex, simulation labs and other specialized equipment and operational costs over the first decade.
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Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
The parameters of each simulation also enforced democratic mechanisms, as well as other forces, such as economic pressures and scarcity.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a charming and endlessly replayable new social simulation game from Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch family.
—Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026
Sipper talked about how her company trains with scalar field outputs of simulation data, and the meshes of objects.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
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Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
The parameters of each simulation also enforced democratic mechanisms, as well as other forces, such as economic pressures and scarcity.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is a charming and endlessly replayable new social simulation game from Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch family.
—Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026
Sipper talked about how her company trains with scalar field outputs of simulation data, and the meshes of objects.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulation
Noun
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So instead of a series of songs that arc and resolve in miniature, Paradessence is composed of moments.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2026
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Embark on a journey through six possible future worlds and engage with films, audio stories and soundscapes, installations and projections, costumes and tapestries, movie miniatures and speculative artefacts.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Noun
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On the other hand, LiPfe orbs don’t reproduce, and reproduction is one of the fundamental characteristics of life.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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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.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Before Helios, the team built IKARUS, an earlier platform that served as a testbed for teleoperation, imitation learning, and dual-arm manipulation.—
Omar Kardoudi
May 29,
New Atlas,
29 May 2026
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Its core capability is a whole-body imitation learning system that enables it to learn tasks by observing human demonstrations and executing them independently with high precision.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Cloud platforms provide services from microtasks like data labelling to freelance design and copy-editing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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In the row behind him was Jameson’s favorite masked menace, reading a copy of the Daily Bugle.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Welcome cocktail/mock-tail and goodie bag upon arrival; samples and desserts from nine restaurants; music from High and Wides; SPCA brings some furry friends; raffle prizes.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
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Give me a mock compiled by an actual football expert who has years of experience in this realm and done the hours of homework (via studying game tape and talking to NFL personnel and scouts) over this slop.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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The legislation gives individuals the right to authorize the use of their voice and likeness in digital replication.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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Science depends on transparency, replication and the willingness to let evidence speak for itself.—
A.J. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Alexander’s signature appears below the mock-up, per the Post.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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With a full colorway of Black/Safety Orange/Racer Blue, a new mock-up shows what to expect when the style arrives at retail this holiday season.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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With Hamas disarmament negotiations deadlocked and Israel taking further territory, plans for a grand Gaza reconstruction appear distant.—
Karen DeYoung,
Washington Post,
1 June 2026
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There have also been discussions around an investment fund for Iran that would provide billions of dollars for reconstruction once a final deal is reached.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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“Simulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simulation. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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