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as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the family resemblance is so strong that the boy is virtually a pint-size facsimile of his father
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
this is not an antique copy of the Declaration of Independence but a modern facsimile
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Recent Examples of facsimile
Here are five ways to get a facsimile of a famous French wine style here on domestic soil this fall.
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Justin Goldman, AFAR Media, 19 Sep. 2025
What's more, their stage show from the time period included a gigantic facsimile of the famous stones.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
The huge old building that once housed hundreds of newspaper employees has become a modular space where a facsimile of journalism is practiced.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Other asks might include a travelling exhibition or a facsimile made of the original.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Justin Goldman, AFAR Media, 19 Sep. 2025
What's more, their stage show from the time period included a gigantic facsimile of the famous stones.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
The huge old building that once housed hundreds of newspaper employees has become a modular space where a facsimile of journalism is practiced.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Other asks might include a travelling exhibition or a facsimile made of the original.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for facsimile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facsimile
Noun
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This year, a replica of the Seneca Chief, which carried Clinton in 1825, set out from Buffalo on the canal.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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At the Casamigos Halloween Party, the singer wore an embellished Dodgers baseball uniform, a replica of the ensemble Elton John wore for his concerts at Dodger Stadium in 1975.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With this imagery, a terrain map can be generated for use by urban planners, or a soldier can print a copy of an image and share it with foreign mission partners on the battlefield.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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But when Ronnie set the theater's copy of The Music Man in motion on the projector, Matty appeared on screen holding what looked like a baby swaddled in a blanket.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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Other companies, such as BlackSky and Maxar, are providing their own electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imagery—that is, images in the visible and infrared light spectrums—commercially.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Cinemark will also upgrade its remaining 12 Imax screens to Imax with Laser, a 4K laser projection system developed to deliver the clearest images and best audio through proprietary technology.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Givenchy couture atelier created four iterations of the little black dress—one original and three reproductions.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Their innovation, called retina E-paper, uses nanoparticles to control how light scatters, achieving lifelike color reproduction that can be tuned electrically.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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With a full offseason of conditioning, the twin of Houston’s Amen Thompson should be ready to emerge the way his brother did a year ago.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss The Winklevoss twins became some of the first cryptocurrency billionaires after using a multi-million-dollar legal settlement from Mark Zuckerberg to invest in Bitcoin more than a decade ago.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And then there’s the bigger-picture version, which asks audience members to think both outside the box and the multiplex.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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First-day-of-school pictures went from smiles in pink dresses and pigtails with bows in her hair, to a child with a spiky, short haircut and baggy clothes.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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The wealth of experience accumulated by the billionaire hedge fund founder will soon be at the fingertips of users thanks to his new AI clone, Digital Ray, which will provide consumers with coaching, guidance, and mentorship.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Just over two years after Suzanne Somers’ death, the late actor and fitness icon’s widower Alan Hamel has revealed he’s created an AI clone of Somers for online fan interactions.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
21 Oct. 2025
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The unnamed ringleader apparently also tried to sell a copy of a world-famous painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn known as The Syndics, a 17th century portrait of members of Amsterdam's cloth makers' guild, for roughly $150 million.—
NPR,
NPR,
26 Oct. 2025
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Walls on the first floor of the Capitol are bare as portraits of Tennessee governors usually displayed outside the Governor’s Office and Old Supreme Court Chambers have been taken down to prevent them from being damaged.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Facsimile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facsimile. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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