as in pictures
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 images
Now teenagers, Kate and Sparrow are spitting images of their parents and have occasionally appeared on the red carpet with Nicole and Joel.
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Vandana Pawa, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Vandana Pawa, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting images
Noun
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Police released pictures of the suspects, a man and woman, and asked anyone with information to contact investigators at (213) 486-5947 or 1(877) 527-3247.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Travel pictures and videos generated and edited using AI are used to lure people into paying for travel packages or tours that don’t exist.—
Christopher Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Efforts by the Kremlin to encourage more births had fallen flat, Sonin said, because women in Russia did not feel safe and secure, with the low birth rate direct evidence of that and effectively dispelling positive images of the country and war promoted by Russia and state-run media.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mostly Mute Monday tells a scientific story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Between the comic relief of the Meeks-Martin twins, [Matthew] Lillard’s irrepressible energy, and the kinetic crew of new teens (including McKenna Grace, Asa Germann, Celeste O’Connor, and Sam Rechner), there’s a levity that makes this movie wildly and unapologetically fun.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Feb. 2026
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Midwives generally recommend hospital births for high-risk patients, such as those carrying twins, those with pre-eclampsia, or when a baby is breech (head up instead of down).—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That update of the designer’s own codes was beamed into Palazzo Delle Scintille today, within which a set had been built specifically for the occasion to resemble a museum, complete with replicas of Roman sculptures currently in the Uffizi Galleries.—
Elektra Kotsoni,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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Duquesne wearing the hat and two replicas used to help determine the angle.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Before planting, the winemaker walked the hillsides, which are exposed to the elements from dawn to dark, with viticulturist Mike Wolfe, dividing it into three blocks planted with different Cabernet Sauvignon clones and rootstock.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2026
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Lots of time-travel, mind-melding, skin-shedding, clones, and dream invasion episodes to blend in with the cross-species relationships and typical high school melodrama.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Spitting images.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20images. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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