mimic
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I was told that they didn’t study other organizations, like mega-churches, for example, to try to mimic their best practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
These trends mimic global ones: consistent growth overall, with a surge postpandemic.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
This stuff has been designed intentionally to mimic human beings, and we are very, very easily fooled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
They also produced artificial foods designed to mimic either the amino acid composition of different pollens or the composition of honeybee tissues.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then a mockingjay lands on a scruffy tree and begins to mimic my tones so I stop.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Werro's trademark celebration, in which she mimics outstretched claws, is in honour of her father's advice to channel the spirit of a lion on the track after her judged her too timid in childhood races.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Novo’s success was fueled by one thing: semaglutide, a medication that mimics the naturally occurring hormone in the gut that signals to the brain it’s not hungry, while regulating digestion and blood sugar.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
A fasting-mimicking diet, meanwhile, mimics a fast but instead of eliminating food entirely, you eat a low-calorie, low-protein, low-sugar but high-fat plant-based diet for a five-day period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
They used a mouse model that mimics ACL tears, a common sports injury seen in activities such as soccer, basketball, and skiing that involve sudden stopping, pivoting, or jumping.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
“United Estates! United Estates!” somebody in the back row mimics.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
Moreover, even a consumer-goods manufacturer’s boldest creations can be mimicked by a retailer’s private label.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
In 2010, Jason went back to what he knew, building teams, by inviting others to join him in rucking challenges that mimicked special forces training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The winner of the recent Mexico City edition was a fresh-faced Kaled Rosales Salazar, who mimicked lassoing and leading his opponent, Quintana, like a horse, with a giant white sandal as a prop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
People mimicked the 10 sports that will be played during the Games.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He had mimicked exactly the expression of Nacional.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
The AI agents have been trained to act like collaborative hackers and programmers so are merely mimicking the kinds of emotive comments they have seen.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
We studied the choreography, mimicking his strut to the ballroom stage, the hip swivels, the disco arm roll as he sings about getting Brad and Janet a satanic mechanic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
To test that idea, the researchers used a drug to inhibit C3 activation in mice, mimicking one of the effects of calorie restriction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Tech CEOs, mimicking the villains of sci-fi, are telling the public that resistance is futile.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Pure math, cadet,” adds Werner, mimicking Hauptmann’s clipped accent.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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