imitation
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We learn language by imitation and need some form of community and cooperation to flourish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
For all its immortal ideas and all those outsized news reports of people fainting, “The Exorcist” could’ve faded from memory if so much of what came after didn’t prove to be a cheap imitation.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The imitation restaurants are a form of flattery, Bob Auerbach, the founder’s stepson, previously told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
But this side currently look a pale imitation of the team who won the Carabao Cup at Wembley last season.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
Poppy jutted out her hip, flicked her hands in imitation of one of the statues, then started laughing.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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To put it plainly: Julian’s imitations lacked the vivacity that made his art unique, resulting in an uncanny dissonance between idea and result.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
They cannot distinguish good data from bad and their imitations of human thoughts are imperfect.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
This "will help traditional EU farming products sell more in India, by removing unfair competition in the form of imitations", the EU executive said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
On our trip, my mom and I made each other howl with laughter by doing imitations of each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Some had actually taken American names, and others were doing great imitations of American accents at call centers and American business techniques at software labs.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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