as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
with the help of either movie magic or makeup, the actress appeared to be the spitting image of the queen
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Recent Examples of spitting image
We’re drawn to this super-padded Himosyber topper, which is a spitting image of.
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Kelsey Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Now teenagers, Kate and Sparrow are spitting images of their parents and have occasionally appeared on the red carpet with Nicole and Joel.
—Vandana Pawa, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
There are moments this season when Jake will throw down a mind-bending slam, looking like the spitting image of his father.
—Mirin Fader, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Gaia looked like the spitting image of her mom as the two smiled for photos together.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Kelsey Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Now teenagers, Kate and Sparrow are spitting images of their parents and have occasionally appeared on the red carpet with Nicole and Joel.
—Vandana Pawa, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
There are moments this season when Jake will throw down a mind-bending slam, looking like the spitting image of his father.
—Mirin Fader, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Gaia looked like the spitting image of her mom as the two smiled for photos together.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting image
Noun
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Fatalities data, the group says, is based on a range of sources, including sources among medical workers, publicly available images and official statements.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Whereas the intimate, snapshot-style images call us to bask in the anachronistic warmth of the analog, the profane photographs beckon toward the messy pleasures of the body.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Self-healing concrete fits in well with ideas around sensor technology and digital twins – in which cracks in a structure could serve as a warning of damage and then repair themselves, needing little more than periodic checking.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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In a cruel twist of fate, Cameron had to watch as his twin, Cayden Boozer, made the turnover that sealed the Blue Devils’ fate.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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New selfie spots The Centerfield Plaza will be home to an oversized 2025 World Series replica trophy, alongside the 2024 trophy where fans can take pictures.—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Faux-chrome hubcaps and brick outlines resembling fenders decorate the building’s skin; those giant gargoyles on the corners are overscale replicas of radiator-cap hood ornaments.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With Young looking to earn a long-term extension and push the Panthers forward in the NFC playoff picture, Pickett’s insight and experience could be valuable assets during the upcoming campaign.—
Mike Kaye
March 31,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2026
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Well, that definitely paints a vivid picture.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Stumpy was one of the trees cleared for the renovations, but Stumpy clones live on, waiting to be planted when the work is done.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Individuals need control in a world awash with digital clones, but that control cannot harm the freedom of expression our industry relies upon to entertain and inform the world.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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Antimatter is like the mirror image of matter.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
25 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, in many ways, West’s performatively anti-white, unpatriotic, and cosmopolitan version of polyamory is the blue-state mirror image of tradwifery, which, in its various forms, can fetishize whiteness, nostalgic Americana, and (often Christian) nationalism.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
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That family portrait is so weird!—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
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Along with the album cover, the shared a new black and white portrait of himself, captured by daughter Mary McCartney.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Some were duplicates, so the final tally was 15.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Software engineer Alexey Grigorev recently watched an AI agent destroy his entire production database—wiping out years of course data after a setup error caused the system to delete the live environment instead of cleaning up duplicates.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Spitting image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20image. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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