likeness
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Awakened, Alma joins Elisabet as they probe their faces in a mirror—a study in likeness and difference that lingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
She calls these artifacts “workmanships,” a word embracing “work” and “man”: art contains our image and likeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mendoza sued Peters for battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and unauthorized publication of her name and likeness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
But there’s one race that’s standing out, much as the likeness of an old man’s face once did on Cannon Mountain.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Well!” said Wemmick, “that’s over! He’s a wonderful man, without his living likeness; but I feel that I have to screw myself up when I dine with him,—and I dine more comfortably unscrewed.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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While artists own their names, likenesses and logos under intellectual-property trademarks, music merchandisers say government enforcement is limited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The hospital should absolutely inform physicians if their names and likenesses are being employed in this way, and they should also be told in advance what patients will be solicited in their name.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Some performers have also advocated for getting paid if their likenesses are used to create such characters made through AI systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The homophonic novels share other likenesses: Both center on estranged sisters, both are set against a backdrop of political unrest and both feature the unlikely appearance of a horse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“Pray,” said I, as the two odious casts with the twitchy leer upon them caught my sight again, “whose likenesses are those?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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