lifelike

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Klein raved about how the Dodgers treat player families, and about a high-tech pitching machine so lifelike that he could see what it would be like to bat against him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

No matter how lifelike A.I. systems appear from the outside, we know that they are merely mathematical flip-books.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Although there are no known surviving paintings made in her lifetime, there are a handful of lifelike, yet contested, depictions left.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

There is a particular thrill in beholding a portrait as old and as lifelike as Isidora’s, just over a foot in height and 6 inches wide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“Your Highness,” he would say, “it breathes. Stop my vitals — I fear if you make it any more lifelike, it will flit oil' the page.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson