spitting image

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Recent Examples of spitting image The couple's eldest child, Levi, who is the spitting image of his father, looked on while his father got to work. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025 Among all of the stars on the red carpet were two lucky celebrity doppelgängers who made waves at lookalike contests earlier this year: Miles Mitchell, who is the spitting image of A Complete Unknown star Timothée Chalamet, and Maxwell Braunstein, a mirror of Hit Man actor Glen Powell. Luke Chinman, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 Princess Charlotte looked the spitting image of her mother, also wearing a Christmassy red coat. Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024 Back in May, Kardashian shared a throwback video that had many fans believing that her daughter was the spitting image of her. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for spitting image
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting image
Noun
  • To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote, whether for members of the school board or for the president of the country, is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves.
    Esau McCaulley, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • The authenticity of the images has not been confirmed, although Banks aired it all out to the public.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Survivors include his wife, Maxine, an interior designer and artist; his children, Daisy, Doug, Sam and twins Jake and Zack; his grandchildren, Spencer, Jasper, Sienna, Ryan and Charlotte; and his daughters-in-law, Brett and Leah.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025
  • Smile sadly at her, his face an eerie twin of her own.
    Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The luxury real estate development was designed to emulate the City of Lights, featuring its own Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, and a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 13 July 2025
  • Season 3 ended on a major cliffhanger: Both the original Nathan and his replica were captured by evil tech billionaires, and only one of them survived.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • In terms of your five best pictures, Jaws, Dog Day Afternoon, Barry Lyndon, Nashville, and us — these were auteur-driven, from the talent, the creative side.
    Jordan Hoffman Updated, EW.com, 10 July 2025
  • Brady and Vergara took a picture together with Maluma kissing the actress’ forehead.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Everyone knows the clones that served alongside General Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau, though.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 July 2025
  • The success of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure park could have encouraged the Magic Kingdom plan, although the new rides won’t be clones of the originals.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • But don’t lose sight of the statement Schoen and Daboll are trying to make with an offense that is practically a mirror image of last year’s lackluster group: Jones, the quarterback, was the problem.
    Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
  • The Rangers are the mirror image of the Diamondbacks: Texas’ pitching has been excellent, but their offense has been horrid.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The machine can handle everything from ultra-sharp lettering to lifelike portraits.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • The truth is that Sofia’s job can be taxing, and in The Scout, which premiered in June at the Tribeca Film Festival, González-Nasser, who was herself a location scout for six years, crafts a modest portrait of its complicated reality.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Costco’s $10 Kirkland 5-Pocket Performance Pants are a duplicate of Lululemon’s $128 men’s ABC 5 Pocket Pants, which at least one person at your office is currently wearing.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
  • Ensure data accuracy and completeness and identify where inconsistencies—such as incorrect formatting, missing data, duplicates and silos—occur.
    Imran Aftab, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Spitting image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20image. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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