carbon copy

Example Sentences

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Crisp’s team built a carbon copy of the original satellite, and it was launched successfully on July 2, 2014.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

It’s an offense that Grubb reiterated Monday may not be a carbon copy of UW’s pass-heavy attack the past two seasons, instead tweaked to emphasize the Seahawks’ personnel.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

They could be found in other common products including carbon copy paper, caulking and paint.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

It will be its own unique and largely unprecedented venture, not a carbon copy.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2023

I’m sending you a carbon copy; I’ll keep the original in my files.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg