imitation
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In June 2016, the museum debuted its first special exhibition, “Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life,” which featured 120 self-portraits pulled from the Broad’s collection, the world’s largest holdings of Sherman’s photographic oeuvre.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
"Imitation is, after all, the sincerest form of flattery."
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024
Imitation is the most complex form; the animal sees what others do and understands the motivation and reasoning behind it.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2024
Among recent winners are “Argo,” “12 Years a Slave,” “The Imitation Game,” “The Big Short” and “BlacKkKlansman” — all screenplays about real people doing things that really happened.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Imitation “leopard skin” bedspreads, “tiger skin” rugs, such stuff as that.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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