likeness
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Those who come to watch her play, wave Filipino flags and wear custom T-shirts with her likeness on the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The film uses the likeness of many people, including the film’s creator Koosha, who stars as Odysseus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
"The discoveries from the excavations, especially coins bearing Homer's likeness, show us that the inhabitants of ancient Smyrna considered the poet to be one of their own," archaeologist Mehmet Akif Erdem said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
She also used AI images based on Davies' likeness, and used the fake profiles to strike up real-life romantic relationships.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Miranda wished she could draw a good likeness.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Some actors worried that AI characters trained on human likenesses without permission or compensation could one day replace them in movies and shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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
In China, some star actors recently denounced the unauthorized use of their likenesses in AI-generated videos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
“Spud” will be of no reassurance to Disney, which inked a billion-dollar deal with OpenAI in December to allow Sora users to generate likenesses of many characters.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
In the age of photography, we have come to see portraits as mere likenesses and we readily forget that they call on all our skill to grasp their meaning.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing likeness
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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