1
as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the family resemblance is so strong that the boy is virtually a pint-size facsimile of his father
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
this is not an antique copy of the Declaration of Independence but a modern facsimile
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Recent Examples of facsimile
Whereas the first iteration of The Resistance seemed primed with potential, this facsimile feels far more muted and more than a little like a communal therapy session.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
The piece at the Margulies is a facsimile of the first apartment Suh rented in New York.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
In a universe where Arsenal and Spurs are facsimiles of the same original, this game would be decided only by who are the more faithful version.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
If all of this does not indicate Sunny’s sentience, the facsimile thereof is uncanny.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
The piece at the Margulies is a facsimile of the first apartment Suh rented in New York.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
In a universe where Arsenal and Spurs are facsimiles of the same original, this game would be decided only by who are the more faithful version.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
If all of this does not indicate Sunny’s sentience, the facsimile thereof is uncanny.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facsimile
Noun
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One of her graduate students, Katherine Shark, made a replica of the Molyneux gown out of muslin which is part of the exhibit as well.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The museum will feature interactive exhibitions and life-sized replicas based on da Vinci’s drawings and sketches.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Film footage taken of the flag-raising in action proves the photo’s authenticity, though the original copy has been lost.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Feb. 2025
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The notices of firings and leaves come on top of hundreds of USAID contractors receiving no-name form letters of termination over the weekend, according to copies that the AP viewed.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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But despite the media blitz projecting images of an unrelenting nationwide sweep, so far, the deportation of migrants is well below the monthly average during the Biden administration, and there is little evidence that ICE is arresting or detaining any more people than usual.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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All of which made the image of Clinton chasing Nazareth like a shadow so beguiling.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Six huge modernist panels line the walls, illustrating a boldly revisionist pantheon of Black art through the ages, reproductions of the originals Hale Aspacio Woodruff painted for Clark Atlanta University in 1952.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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One option is to keep Pheromone super sticky glue traps, which attract the male moths, therefore removing them from the reproduction cycle, in your wardrobe or around your home.—
Ellie Pithers,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
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The most concrete result of therapy has been Milena’s acknowledgment that childbirth was an agonizing experience; her slow-burning resentment of the ungrateful twins has been building ever since.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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The twins first joined forces when Taylor signed a three-year, $33 million deal prior to the 2022 season, becoming the fourth set of twins to be teammates in league history.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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And consider this: Only two of the last 10 BAFTA winners for best film went on to win the Oscar for best picture — Nomadland in 2021 and Oppenheimer in 2024.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
16 Feb. 2025
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Conclusion Guy Bisson’s analysis paints a picture of a film industry adapting to a new normal.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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This sparks a plan, which comes together at Parker’s plant daddy paradise of a house, where the plant daddy himself suggests that a wedding would be a great venue to clone Roman’s Palm Pilot.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Residing on hillside slopes and gently rolling valleys surrounding the stately medieval village of Montalcino, vineyards in the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are home to a clone of Sangiovese known locally as Brunello, which is a diminutive of the Italian word for brown.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
3 Feb. 2025
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The second season of Robert and Michelle King's brilliant, surrealist portrait of life in the Age of Trump often served as a real-time reflection of everything its viewers were feeling: paranoia, rage, disorientation, fear, disbelief, and of course, derangement.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The singer-songwriter’s vivid portrait of a turbulent life.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Facsimile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facsimile. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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