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imitate

[im-i-tayt] / ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt /


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AI models can adopt unique personalities, hold memories of past conversations and imitate language accurately enough to pass for a human.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

"I don't want to imitate him but I try to resemble him," she said of her uncle.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

“The goal shouldn’t be to simply imitate traditional film or television,” said von Schwarz.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

They engineered carefully controlled porous materials that imitate the way natural foams scatter light while also drawing inspiration from water-repellent surfaces found on leaves and flower petals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

When he looked behind him and saw a wobbling, pixilated mass of men doing their best to imitate a line, he barked, “Follow me, hogs. Follow your C.O. and that is an order.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

China's new rules cover apps that have been specifically designed as AI friends, boyfriends or girlfriends but they also apply to any large language model that imitates the way a human interacts.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

The scene she depicts even imitates her real life: Kahlo actually kept a smaller, papier-mâché skeleton atop her own canopy bed in Mexico City as a reassuring symbol of death’s ubiquity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

For example, a leader begins by miming actions such as teeth brushing, bouncing a ball, or eating food from a bowl, and the group imitates them.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

This time Mr. Brydon is the one being imitated, and the interaction is appropriately disturbing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The fakes imitated brands like Bvlgari, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, and Tiffany & Co, and generated an estimated $1.14m in illicit profits for the counterfeit syndicate.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

It featured a manipulated video of former Brazil striker Ronaldo which imitated his voice.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

Life imitated art when, in 2019, Van Der Beek fulfilled the prophecy foretold by a “Don’t Trust the B—” storyline and became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

Penelope carefully imitated Miss Mortimer’s actions regarding the napkin.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Most of the porcelain was made for the European market, underscoring a subtext of cross-fertilization, already stated by Islamic ceramics imitating Chinese blue and white.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Triple threat. Go big or go home. Life imitating art."

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

In her studio, surrounded by shelves of porcelain figures she recovered from Altadena and refired, she fashions whimsical sculptures imitating feminine figures and feline forms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The second is that a machine can demonstrate intelligence by successfully imitating a human in conversation, an idea that later became known as the Turing test.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Noah and I must register the name of the floating paradise at the exact same moment, because we both blurt out, imitating Mom, “Embrace the mystery, Professor.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson


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