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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
filled with the usual chain stores, the new mall is a too-familiar replica of hundreds of other malls
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
assembled a small-scale replica of the Queen Mary ocean liner
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Recent Examples of replica
Barber even has a replica dinosaur footprint from a Colfax Avenue discovery, as well as a major dig that turned up Indigenous artifacts.
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John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
The Paris digs are infinitely sleeker, dimly lit, and darkly appointed, but the food is more or less an exact replica.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Members of the Acjachemen Nation and surrounding tribes, as well as the local community, gathered at the replica Putuidem Village cultural park that opened in 2021 by the city in San Juan Capistrano’s Northwest Open Space.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Not a full-size kitchen, of course, but rather a miniature replica of a kitchen, a tiny kitchen with a tiny table where two tiny dolls sit, blank-eyed and smiling and ready to eat an invisible meal.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
The Paris digs are infinitely sleeker, dimly lit, and darkly appointed, but the food is more or less an exact replica.
—Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Members of the Acjachemen Nation and surrounding tribes, as well as the local community, gathered at the replica Putuidem Village cultural park that opened in 2021 by the city in San Juan Capistrano’s Northwest Open Space.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Not a full-size kitchen, of course, but rather a miniature replica of a kitchen, a tiny kitchen with a tiny table where two tiny dolls sit, blank-eyed and smiling and ready to eat an invisible meal.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for replica
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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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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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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
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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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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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And don't just take it as a cheap imitation of the Italian legend; rather, a worthy alternative that is now available Stateside!—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Oct. 2025
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Meta’s model leaked just two years ago and seeded an ecosystem of imitations and refinements that moved faster than any licensing system.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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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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Another way to spot AI videos is to keep an eye out for near-duplicates of the same clip.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 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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“Replica.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replica. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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