How to Use copycat in a Sentence

copycat

1 of 2 noun

• She called me a copycat for wearing the same dress.
• In it, the wall-crawler comes face-to-face with a Spider-Man copycat.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2022
• Then the copycats come along and create their own version of the same.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• There's also a spike in the spring, and a wave of copycat threats in the wake of any mass school shooting.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
• Since Jigsaw has been dead for years, there's a copycat on the loose.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2023
• The exact message of that tweet spread with copycat versions of the post.
  — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
• And not a copycat, even though copying is the biggest sign of flattery.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• No one yet knew who had made the copycat Mirai that had attacked Dyn.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• Now, the company is asking the courts to step in to prevent copycats.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2023
• This gives most buyers at least a full three months to tuck away their copycat Girl Scout recipes and stock up on the real deal.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
• In March, Idaho became the first state to enact a copycat version of SB 8.
  — Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2022
• Top off this Chick-fil-A copycat recipe with your favorite condiment for the final touch.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
• Apple's thin heatsink is more advanced than the one in the copycat and enwraps most of the charger's transformer.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
• In January, the FDA warned against copycat eye drops because of the risk of infection.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
• One anonymous copycat duct-taped a banana to what appears to be the walls of a New York subway station.
  — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2022
• The Chinese copycat products have APO’s name but not its address.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
• But other states followed Arizona’s lead, with copycat bills in over a dozen.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
• Since being banned, Trump has struggled to get his copycat platform, Truth Social, off the ground.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
• And schools throughout Michigan were facing dozens of copycat threats.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2022
• Herbivore Jade Facial Roller This jade face roller has been around for years—and prompted a ton of copycats.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
• In 2020, Instagram launched the video-feature Reels, a near copycat of TikTok.
  — Carly Wanna, Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• But when something succeeds as well as Lee’s campaign did, there will be copycats.
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2023
• This copycat recipe tastes even better than the real thing, but don't tell Little Debbie.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
• Marie was able to get her procedure done before Gov. Kevin Sitt signed a copycat bill into law on May. 3.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 5 May 2022
• But there was also the matter of copycat games that weren't run so innocently.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2022
• The two did it again for the Casamigos Halloween party at the end of October, though this time the copycat looks were intentional.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2022
• This toy plays four songs that will keep everyone active through three modes: statues, dance mode and copycat.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2022
• Not surprisingly, in the copycat NFL, the Rams will have a lot of fellow teams auditing this opening round.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
• Dyn was the first major copycat attack, but many others followed.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
• Season 1, one of the best, follows a series of vicious present-day copycat murders after an ‘80s Halloween massacre.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024

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copycat

2 of 2 verb

• In the aftermath of the attack, some in El Paso feared that copycat anti-Latino shootings would strike the city.
  — Erin Coulehan, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
• The Kardashian-Jenners are no strangers to copycat controversy.
  — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 12 Sep. 2018
• So the introduction of Facebook's new cryptocurrency next year—and perhaps copycat efforts down the road—could bolster bitcoin's value.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 21 June 2019
• This copycat approach to investing has led to crushing losses for people tantalized by astronomical gains in the past.
  — Gail Marksjarvis, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• For now, police vans serve as deterrents to copycat assaults until Barcelona installs protective barriers.
  — Jeannette Neumann, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2017
• Soon after premiering, the show faced some backlash regarding its depiction of suicide, with a number of activists and health professionals voicing concerns that the scene may have contributed to copycat suicides among teens.
  — NBC News, 16 July 2019
• Now that the company is public, however, all eyes are on Snap to show huge growth, especially as Facebook’s (fb, +0.23%) competing Instagram service consistently debuts copycat features and tries to steal users.
  — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2018
• These individual cases, then, could not be attributed to copycat behavior.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
• The company responded to copycat complaints by pointing to a common beauty industry practice known as dupes — cheaper, comparable alternatives to more expensive makeup.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 7 Sep. 2019
• In the aftermath of the attack, some in El Paso feared that copycat anti-Latino shootings would strike the city.
  — Erin Coulehan, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
• The Kardashian-Jenners are no strangers to copycat controversy.
  — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 12 Sep. 2018
• So the introduction of Facebook's new cryptocurrency next year—and perhaps copycat efforts down the road—could bolster bitcoin's value.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 21 June 2019
• This copycat approach to investing has led to crushing losses for people tantalized by astronomical gains in the past.
  — Gail Marksjarvis, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• For now, police vans serve as deterrents to copycat assaults until Barcelona installs protective barriers.
  — Jeannette Neumann, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2017
• Soon after premiering, the show faced some backlash regarding its depiction of suicide, with a number of activists and health professionals voicing concerns that the scene may have contributed to copycat suicides among teens.
  — NBC News, 16 July 2019
• Now that the company is public, however, all eyes are on Snap to show huge growth, especially as Facebook’s (fb, +0.23%) competing Instagram service consistently debuts copycat features and tries to steal users.
  — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2018
• These individual cases, then, could not be attributed to copycat behavior.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
• The company responded to copycat complaints by pointing to a common beauty industry practice known as dupes — cheaper, comparable alternatives to more expensive makeup.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 7 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024