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imitate

[im-i-teyt] / ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt /


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This advantage is valuable, rare and difficult to imitate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

"I was trying to imitate players - like you do when you're a kid. Now I'm here winning matches. It's awesome."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Parrots are famous for their ability to imitate human speech, but could they also be using names the way people do?

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

“It speaks to his greatness,” said Lakers coach JJ Redick, and, yeah, somebody must be great if they can induce grown men to imitate farm animals.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2026

Furthermore, Methuselah didn’t just imitate words, he knew them.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Yet it wisely imitates neither the structure nor tone of its noble predecessor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Instead of copying part of a virus or bacterium, this new vaccine imitates the communication signals immune cells exchange during infection.

From Science Daily Feb. 23, 2026

While AI-generated music is rife online, it's often released under fictitious names, or imitates big stars, but it doesn't normally appear on their official streaming pages.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2025

Herrmann’s orchestra imitates a swing band’s jazzy rhythms and brassy sound.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

His drip painting technique is one the art world's most recognisable and often imitated.

From BBC May 19, 2026

“Sopranos” creator David Chase ran all those rules through the meat grinder at Satriale’s, and in the process made the most imitated show since “I Love Lucy.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

Often imitated, never duplicated, a ring from Spinelli Kilcollin is both classic and subversive enough to be interesting for decades to come.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2025

Although examples exist in the United States, the architectural design originated in ancient Rome and was broadly imitated in later European monuments.

From Salon Nov. 5, 2025

I imitated those who squealed with excitement as they hung from two parallel bars I could not reach.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

According to the study, this is the first documented case of a spider imitating a parasitic fungus that infects other spiders.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

“We are not imitating; we are a model to others,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

The thing about Spirit that makes it complicated is that the network carriers started imitating the business model of Spirit and the other ultra-low-cost carriers through basic economy fares.

From Slate May 5, 2026

“No, no, no, please, president,” Trump said in a mocking tone imitating her voice.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Parrots are known to be long-lived, and among all the world’s birds, African Greys are best at imitating human speech.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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