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likeness

[lahyk-nis] / ˈlaɪk nɪs /


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As actors face growing concerns about their voice, body and likeness being used without consent or compensation, the storyline resonated with the actors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

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

That person, or that likeness of one, had belonged.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Separately, it manages the likenesses of celebrities and athletes including Shaquille O’Neal and David Beckham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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

But it was from the difference between us, not from the affinities and likenesses, but from the difference, that that love came: and it was itself the bridge, the only bridge, across what divided us.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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