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facsimile

[fak-sim-uh-lee] / fækˈsɪm ə li /


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But for a fair number of others, the main objection is that Summerween cheapens Halloween — that to celebrate a summer facsimile will dilute the real thing.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

Instead, it delivered a watered-down facsimile of those sounds, that critics called "unremarkable, external", "obtuse, external" and "lacking in depth, external".

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

But would the holographic pixels of an A.I.-generated facsimile capture the tiny crevices between my brother’s crooked teeth?

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

In an August quarterly earnings call, Beyond Chief Executive Ethan Brown said the shortened name “provides for reduced emphasis on facsimile, a now-complicated frame that overshadows the real, high-quality protein offerings we provide to consumers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

But then the cloud evolved into the Thunderhead, sparking with consciousness, or at least a remarkable facsimile.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Countertenors, long seen as rough facsimiles of the castrati, have witnessed a resurgence since the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Actual celebrities who have begun trademarking their names and catchphrases do so because their careers are likely to be impacted by AI facsimiles of them.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

But after two dry-runs with facsimiles, the culture ministry in Paris is confident the technical difficulties have been overcome.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The venue forbids phones, so it was a joy to see a crowd focused on the stage without hundreds of little screens recording poor facsimiles of the live event.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

Three portraits drawn by Julian Brewer, facsimiles and wood-cuts.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

It’s not difficult to imagine why some Fijians, earning minimum wages of less than $2 an hour, hold wealthy foreign investors in contempt — a phenomenon facsimiled in other developing nations in the Pacific.

From Time ● Aug. 28, 2013

GRAY’S ELEGY: with Sixteen beautiful Illustrations by Norman Prescott Davies, facsimiled from his original drawings in the possession, and published by the gracious permission of H. R. H. The Princess of Wales.

From Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore by Various

Girdelstone and Monteagle, meanwhile, were to set about having the Aulus Gellius printed and facsimiled; for I thought it was a pity such a work should be lost to the world. 

From Masques & Phases by Robert Ross

This was hardly what John wanted; but, not to be beaten, he facsimiled the P. 35master's freehand in a sort of engraver's stipple, which his habitual neatness helped him to do in perfection.

From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood

Mr. Rye has shown that the specimen of handwriting facsimiled by Dr. Grosart in his edition of Henry Vaughan's Works cannot possibly be the poet's.

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) Chambers


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