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
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.
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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
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Barron Trump is a spitting image of his father –– at least according to the Internet.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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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
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors
Barron Trump is a spitting image of his father –– at least according to the Internet.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting image
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The Ivy League institution previously housed the images, believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved African people in the United States, in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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Lee Jun-seok has sought to burnish his image as a center-right reformer who is committed to conservative policies but rejects the insulated, outdated political culture of the conservative political establishment.—
Jong Eun Lee,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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The twins, who traveled from Arizona alongside Stinnett’s wife, are angling for a revolutionary twist where the two will be cast on the same season without the rest of the contestants knowing their relationship.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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Its twin, Universal Terra Luna, is a bit further, diagonal from the park.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The precision-engineering racing rig (offered in yellow, green, blue, and orange) puts the driver into a detailed replica of a racing cockpit.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The top of the 2024 replica ring doesn’t detach, but championship pendants can be purchased separately for $249 apiece.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2025
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The most recent Bond picture, Live and Let Die, was predominantly shot in Louisiana in 1972, and released to theaters in 1973.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
4 June 2025
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Now, court records and interviews paint a chilling picture of the suspect's yearlong plot to firebomb a pro-Israel protest walk on a sunny Sunday afternoon.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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The Grand Army of the Republic The Republic's clone army, under the leadership of Jedi generals, faces off against the Separatists' droids.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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Over the course of an hour, the Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable covered everything from clones to cocaine to cancellation.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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Following Florida’s 4-1 dispatch of rival Tampa Bay in the first round and seven games to end Toronto’s season, the East finals presents its own dynamic, because the Panthers and Hurricanes are mirror images in terms of defense-first mindsets.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Now jump ahead to last year, when the right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson provided a mirror image of Yeltsin’s supermarket visit, only this time the supermarket was in Moscow.—
Eric Jason Martin Tanya Pérez Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Even without all that, L.A. has a raft of problems on its hands, and the close-up at the moment is not a pretty portrait.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Rosenheim believes that early photographic portraits empowered working-class Americans.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Users are directed to those duplicates via messaging and social media channels.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Most of the gems were sent to an Indian museum in Kolkata, according to the Indian government, and a fifth of the total find — consisting of duplicates of the main collection — were retained by Peppé.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025
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“Spitting image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20image. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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