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
In one picture, the married couple's younger son, Joaquin, looked like a spitting image of his dad, both showing off their toned physiques in a shirtless snap by the water.
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Most famously, David Tennant returned to play a Fourteenth Doctor who was the spitting image of the Tenth Doctor.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2025
The twins do indeed look like spitting images of their late mother, model Kim Porter.
—Essence, 19 May 2025
Abdel Fattah had kept his activities a secret from everyone in his family except for his brother, Mustafa, who sat at the far end of the room, the spitting image of the young man in the martyr’s photo propped up on the end table.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Most famously, David Tennant returned to play a Fourteenth Doctor who was the spitting image of the Tenth Doctor.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2025
The twins do indeed look like spitting images of their late mother, model Kim Porter.
—Essence, 19 May 2025
Abdel Fattah had kept his activities a secret from everyone in his family except for his brother, Mustafa, who sat at the far end of the room, the spitting image of the young man in the martyr’s photo propped up on the end table.
—Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting image
Noun
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Back then—those heady, almost nostalgic days leading up to the NCAA adopting its interim name, image and likeness policy—the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) had assembled a task force to draft model NIL legislation for states to plug and play.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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At Tibet’s Jiama copper mine, a powerful electromagnetic survey produced high-resolution images more than 9,840 feet (3,000 meters) below the surface.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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There were times when the twins didn’t want to take their medication and would rather have been normal kids out playing on the playground.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Other kids in the famous brood include daughters Lucy (Nicholas’ twin) and Mary, 4.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Her father had bought it at the county fair; the vender, mistaking it for yet another replica Native ceremonial mask, had all but given it away.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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The model rocket that currently sits atop the Baltimore Avenue building is a replica of the Moonliner II placed there after the building was refurbished in the early 2000s to resemble the red and white motif of the former TWA headquarters.—
Chris Ochsner,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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There are pictures of them making out online.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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While the movie was stalled, Garner and Madonna remained in each others orbit, with the two posing for a picture at photographer and filmmaker Steven Klein’s May 2023 birthday party.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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The new policies also include more explicit bans on unauthorized AI voice clones and deepfakes.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Google quickly changed its Android prototype from a Blackberry clone to something more closely resembling the iPhone.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Right-wing politicians who label all critics of Israel antisemites are the mirror image of those who assume that all Jews are Zionists and all Zionists are racists.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The unknotting number of both the (2, 7) torus knot and its mirror image is 3.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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Uzbek artist Feruza Kholkhujaeva filled courtyards with potted plants that will slowly die, a portrait of grief.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Wolitzer’s debut novel, about a trio of college students each obsessed with a different dead poet, is both a striking coming-of-age story and a compelling portrait of grief.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Dedicate budget and time to remove duplicates, reconcile systems and build a consistent data model.—
David Kelley,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sort all the items by category so they can be grouped together, get rid of unnecessary duplicates, and re-home items that can be stored elsewhere.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Spitting image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20image. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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