facsimile

Example Sentences

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We are more digitally connected than ever, yet much of that connection functions as a kind of stand-in — a convincing facsimile that still leaves us hungry.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

Fax machines - formally known as facsimile machines - used to be a familiar fixture in offices as well as schools, hospitals and police stations across the country.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

But in the meantime, seasonal enthusiasm for the house could be satisfied by a gingerbread facsimile thereof that was open to the public in Hollywood.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

It is to his credit that the cathedral is not a simulacrum or facsimile, but a Gothic building, in all its structural reality, even the invisible oak roof truss above the vaults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

I can handle the facsimile, but I can’t handle the real thing.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini