imitation

In their own madcap way, Dino and Jer epitomized Cicero’s notion that comedy is the imitation of life, the mirror of custom and the image of truth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

For all its immortal ideas and all those outsized news reports of people fainting, “The Exorcist” could’ve faded from memory if so much of what came after didn’t prove to be a cheap imitation.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

“My biggest fear is that learning becomes an imitation of learning,” Indrek Lillemägi, principal of Tallinn Pelgulinna State high school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

But this side currently look a pale imitation of the team who won the Carabao Cup at Wembley last season.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Our meals consist entirely of potatoes and imitation gravy.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

"By registering specific phrases tied to her voice, Swift could potentially challenge not only identical reproductions, but also imitations that are 'confusingly similar,' a key standard in trademark law," he wrote.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

They cannot distinguish good data from bad and their imitations of human thoughts are imperfect.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

This "will help traditional EU farming products sell more in India, by removing unfair competition in the form of imitations", the EU executive said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Many of the shocked faces watching Cena’s loss on Saturday night were children, decked out in imitations of Cena’s classic look of armbands and jean shorts.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025

Some had actually taken American names, and others were doing great imitations of American accents at call centers and American business techniques at software labs.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman