variants
or epigonous
as in copied
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model
an epic novel that would eventually spawn a vast body of epigonic fiction
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Adjective
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This goes beyond formulaic capsule wardrobe dressing, and instead, relies on individuality and preferences.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Today’s leaders should adopt a similar formulaic mindset: Long-term growth comes from re-investing in their organization and in their people to continue building skills, expanding knowledge across their enterprise, and, with the rise in technology, increasing tech fluency.—
Muqsit Ashraf,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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My heroes are all chameleonic actors who transform and manage to transcend something simply mimetic.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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The mimetic principles already outlined in Vitruvius (primarily the idea that the classical orders imitate the structure of a primitive wooden construction) were, from the start, fig leaves, and widely understood as such.—
Mario Carpo,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That is, the mimic leaves were longer, and less lobed.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2024
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Sting is also a mimic, able to copy Charlotte’s whistle, even though, as the slightly creepy would-be scientist living upstairs tells her, spiders don’t have vocal cords.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Not surprisingly, Renaissance architects and writers ended up contriving very similar imitative strategies.—
Mario Carpo,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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However, Cassilly noted in his statement that Harford could face an additional $6 million in new funding mandates linked to teacher salaries and pensions from the statewide funding imitative, Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Fish is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids, protein, vitamin D, and other important nutrients—and canned seafood can be a quick, easy way to level up your lunch.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 Jan. 2025
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More than 96% of women and children in Gaza are currently surviving on a diet of rationed flour, lentils, pasta and canned food, which does not meet their nutritional needs, according to UNICEF.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Yet in Kim’s slavish dedication to the Jeju haenyeo’s testimony, many questions that arise in this setting are left unexplored.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2024
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By the beginning of 1956, some American communists openly blamed the poor state of their party on Moscow’s ideological inflexibility—and their own leaders’ slavish obedience to Soviet officials.—
Jeremy Friedman,
Foreign Affairs,
17 July 2024
Adjective
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Whenever Carolyn’s name has come up in passing as a possible Traitor, it has been immediately nixed, with folks unable to believe that the Survivor finalist could ever pull off being so deceptive.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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However, there’s also a darker side — beware of deceptive words or misleading information.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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