emulation

Example Sentences

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In emulation, many rich economies—including the U.S.—have begun to implement industrial policies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

A grand ayatollah and source of emulation has the authority to make legal decisions for his lay followers and for lower-ranking clerics in Iran and the wider Shiite world.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

On the face of it, he is perhaps more a middle-class loner, and his apparent normality suggests a crime triggered by internalised mental processes, rather than by peer-driven association or emulation.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

De Palma’s slavish emulation of Hitchcock runs through numerous films, and with notable specificity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

He knew how to encourage other rabbits and to fill them with a spirit of emulation.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams