How to Use mock-up in a Sentence

mock-up

noun
  • For a new build, Byrd uses the same process on a mock-up of the future walls.
    — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • Other tests set fire to mock-ups of mass timber buildings and record the results.
    — Kurt Kleiner, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The format for the finals was a mock-up of World of Warcraft, an online role-playing game.
    — Mikayla Whitmore, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The format for the finals was a mock-up of World of Warcraft, an online role-playing game.
    — Mikayla Whitmore, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • In the lobby of the main building, there's a mock-up of the company's first lunar lander, Mark 1.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2025
  • For months, Shank had a mock-up of a toilet stall in his office as designs were tweaked for the $55 million project.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • The set, a sturdy mock-up of a settler’s house that took students two months to build, was demolished.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Both mock-ups of these new emoji motions look like the people are sleeping, which is strange.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • The mock-ups also show a clear bubble cockpit, which the display model lacked.
    — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
  • There are mock-up models of his current shows in Italy and Qatar (which opens today), with miniature cutouts of the work in cardboard.
    — Kirsty Lang For The Times, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The look of the device is similar to mock-ups that were leaked online in the lead-up to the Switch 2′s official announcement.
    — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The look of the device is similar to mock-ups that were leaked online in the lead-up to the Switch 2′s official announcement.
    — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The presentation also revealed 3D mock-ups for scenes in the fashion workshop on the eve of big show.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 June 2024
  • Down the hall, a mock-up is in place for astronauts to train on how to enter the Dream Chaser and pack and unpack cargo while it's docked at the station.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The clapboard animal is a mock-up of the Trojan Horse of mythological fame.
    — Nick Hilden, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • Favreau walked her around various mock-ups of characters, most of them hidden by masks.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The monuments—galleys, lavatories, and stowage compartments—are finished in workshops, then moved to a mock-up of the plane.
    — Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Tesla has shown off mock-ups of an Uber-like app that might allow a rider to hail an autonomous Tesla cab.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
  • On the other, mock-ups show the potential for more of a throwback look, one reminiscent of old-school flannel jerseys.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Monuments—galleys, lavatories, and stowage compartments—are finished in workshops, then moved to a mock-up of the plane.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 9 July 2023
  • But authority officials caution the mock-up is only a rough layout of what the train could feature and nothing is set in stone.
    — Randy Diamond, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Often, the artist will make several mock-ups, going back and forth with the researchers to determine which is best and any details that might need adjustment, Cook says.
    — Alison Klesman, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The four-term congressman, who hopes to lead the state as governor next year, said the screenshot of his top five favorite songs for the year, all by Bruce Springsteen, was a mock-up of what would have been an accurate recap.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Where Yarish sees a difference is Wynona’s emphasis on capturing the feel of those films, rather than making derivative mock-ups of on-screen kit.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 17 May 2023
  • YouTube YouTube-provided mock-up of a content label added to the video player, warning of altered or synthetic content.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2023
  • She was also seen standing opposite Malone, 28, in front of a mock-up background of a coastline as more windswept papers circled the pair, with more paper covering the floor.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • The company will test a small mock-up of the technology aboard the International Space Station following a launch to the station this summer.
    — Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The mock-ups were meant to soar around the world on a suborbital trajectory, just like Starship, and reenter over the unpopulated Indian Ocean.
    — Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025
  • To replace the rocket, the legislature passed a law earlier this year for a mock-up to be installed at the under-renovation welcome center.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Investigators with the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives built a full-scale mock-up of the middle deck of the 75-foot vessel in their quest to determine the fire’s point of origin and cause.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023

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