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imitate

[im-i-teyt] / ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt /


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Unitree’s humanoid robots can walk, run and climb and “can imitate & reinforce the learning drive” said the company, referring to algorithms that train the robot’s artificial intelligence as it undertakes tasks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Even with Kennedy looming over the counter more than sous-cheffing beside it, “The Real Food Show” briefly becomes the cooking program it has been dressed to imitate.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

It may also offer new insights into wound healing, medical treatments, and the design of biomaterials that imitate or interact with biological tissue.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Am I supposed to watch myself and imitate myself?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

“So he liked to goof around, he liked to imitate people, and he liked being the center of attention,” Grace says.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

Researchers have created a hollow CdS@polydopamine nanoreactor that imitates two important features of living cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Yet it wisely imitates neither the structure nor tone of its noble predecessor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Michael Bay said last year the tech "will create a whole bunch of lazy people" because "it doesn't create, it just imitates".

From BBC Sep. 25, 2024

In some of his portraits he imitates the Japanese style he loves: framing the head in surprising ways, using strong colors.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

That strategy was imitated across industries, making complex goods affordable and helping establish the modern middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

It featured a manipulated video of former Brazil striker Ronaldo which imitated his voice.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

Life imitated art when, in 2019, Van Der Beek fulfilled the prophecy foretold by a “Don’t Trust the B—” storyline and became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

Perhaps it is because he treated the Shingle Style not as a historic revival, whose forms he faithfully imitated, but as a living language.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

The light which dashed on the ceiling steadied, and imitated rabbits rather than lions, and donkeys instead of ghouls.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Most of the porcelain was made for the European market, underscoring a subtext of cross-fertilization, already stated by Islamic ceramics imitating Chinese blue and white.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Barnett, 41, returned to Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday morning, explaining she had been absent in recent weeks because she was in hospital "in a case of life imitating work".

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“But underneath it, there’s something deeper about identity, performance, and our very human fears around AI. And yes, art will most definitely be imitating life.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

According to the study, this is the first documented case of a spider imitating a parasitic fungus that infects other spiders.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

Kira and Thomas applauded as well, and Jo, watching and imitating them, clapped her hands enthusiastically.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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