imitate
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Red dwarfs, however, can produce powerful flares that imitate the ultraviolet signal of a white dwarf, making confirmation more difficult.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Am I supposed to watch myself and imitate myself?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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
AI will come to imitate consciousness to the point it thinks it has it—and you will too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
But sometimes they cut their hair into such wild patterns that attempting to imitate them, Wood sniffed, "would torture the wits of a curious barber."
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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
The company further alleges that Trader Joe’s version imitates the packaging and colors on the boxes of Uncrustables.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
Nico imitates his cousin’s moves and looks so ridiculous when he does a little spin that I burst out laughing.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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
Ms. Greene is, in every sense, a singular politician, mercifully neither imitated nor imitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Guardiola is seen as changing the face of English football with a style of play that has been imitated by other managers across the country.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 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 almost matched my mistress Queen Gertrude’s height, and I imitated her carriage, even the tilt of her head.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
“But underneath it, there’s something deeper about identity, performance, and our very human fears around AI. And yes, art will most definitely be imitating life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
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
The song would only become even more synonymous with the president in 2022, when his hokey dance often done to the classic became so viral that athletes around the world began imitating it.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
AI might do a good job at imitating language.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Yes, quite right,” May said, imitating the prince.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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