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something that is made to look, feel, or behave like something else especially so that it can be studied or used to train people
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a computer simulation of spaceflight simulations of body movements a simulation of the planet's surface
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Recent Examples of simulations
Based on the results of the simulations, the parameters can even be adjusted over the course of a drive stint as fuel is consumed and the weight changes.
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Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The findings, which complement data from electron microscopy and simulations, will be used to develop models for the industry and to plan future experiments on how hydrogen affects other defects.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
In an experiment mimicking a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, performed in a pig intestine and supported by simulations, researchers introduced the microrobots intravenously by catheter, then created an external magnetic field to direct them to the internal target site.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Although some of this base layer was likely ejected as well, Desch and his colleague Alan Jackson, also of Arizona State University, used simulations to determine that most of the material scraped from the baby Plutos was nitrogen.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1975, Manabe published global warming simulations with this quasi-global model and again found stratospheric cooling.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
Human expertise uncovers evolving attack tactics, while simulations prepare employees to respond instinctively to threats, making each interaction a proactive defense measure.
—Seemant Sehgal, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
What To Know Using advanced climate simulations, the research team explored how future atmospheric rivers will interact with oceanic conditions such as surface temperatures and water mixing.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Researchers can also use an AI agent to generate 3D physics simulations from text prompts.
—Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The findings, which complement data from electron microscopy and simulations, will be used to develop models for the industry and to plan future experiments on how hydrogen affects other defects.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
In an experiment mimicking a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, performed in a pig intestine and supported by simulations, researchers introduced the microrobots intravenously by catheter, then created an external magnetic field to direct them to the internal target site.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Although some of this base layer was likely ejected as well, Desch and his colleague Alan Jackson, also of Arizona State University, used simulations to determine that most of the material scraped from the baby Plutos was nitrogen.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1975, Manabe published global warming simulations with this quasi-global model and again found stratospheric cooling.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
Human expertise uncovers evolving attack tactics, while simulations prepare employees to respond instinctively to threats, making each interaction a proactive defense measure.
—Seemant Sehgal, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
What To Know Using advanced climate simulations, the research team explored how future atmospheric rivers will interact with oceanic conditions such as surface temperatures and water mixing.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Researchers can also use an AI agent to generate 3D physics simulations from text prompts.
—Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulations
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For at least 22 years, Nanos has been an expert in doll houses and other miniatures.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Written in the flush of a new friendship with co-producer, engineer, and musician Sam Weber, the album unspools a suite of folk miniatures riven with discursive melodies as evocative as the cultural ephemera dotted through the lyrics.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
29 Aug. 2025
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Luminate reports that the decade-old set sold 50,500 copies throughout America in the most recent week.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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One accuser, Marina Lacerda, called on the Justice Department to give survivors full unredacted copies of all case files.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Residences’ partners insisted wood be wood, leather be leather, and plastic should never be a faux substitute because the ultra rich instantly spot imitations.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Segle began by sketching her dream design, then testing different patterns and doing eight bodice mock-ups with inexpensive fabric before finding the perfect fit.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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In April, leaker Majin Bu shared images of iPhone 17 Air and 17 Pro Max mock-ups, and the difference in thickness is quite significant.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the non-virtual world, some have made physical toy replicas of the characters, while others have created real-life plays featuring them.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Brother Dusk detonates explosives that shatter the cryonic chamber of Cleon clones, bodies raining down in blood and glass, before plucking a single embryo from the wreckage to bait Demerzel’s deepest programming.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Weaver would return as Ripley in David Fincher's Alien 3 in 1992 and as clones of the character in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Alien Resurrection in 1997, though the Alien franchise has continued on.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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Picture a world dominated by paper forms—carbon copies smudging under the relentless pressure of scribbled notes—a world where dispatching felt more like a chaotic game of telephone than a streamlined operation.—
Karpagam Narayanan,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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These full-size replicas are practically carbon copies of memorable vehicles from blockbuster movies and hit TV series.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Simulations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simulations. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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