as in miniature
something that is made to look, feel, or behave like something else especially so that it can be studied or used to train people
—often + of
a computer simulation of spaceflight simulations of body movements a simulation of the planet's surface
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Recent Examples of simulation
The simulations revealed that between 10% and 70% of the energy extracted from the spin of black holes was channeled to its jets via the BZ process.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The experience concluded with a hands-on Shuk activity, where students and parents engaged in a marketplace simulation.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Tara Martin-Milius, executive leader for Leadership Sunnyvale, said the simulation is an important way for people to learn how to support low-income community members.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
While the study used 2D models of the shockwaves, more complex, 3D simulations are needed to fully capture how the club’s structure works, adds Espinosa in the statement.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The experience concluded with a hands-on Shuk activity, where students and parents engaged in a marketplace simulation.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Tara Martin-Milius, executive leader for Leadership Sunnyvale, said the simulation is an important way for people to learn how to support low-income community members.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
While the study used 2D models of the shockwaves, more complex, 3D simulations are needed to fully capture how the club’s structure works, adds Espinosa in the statement.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simulation
Noun
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The Fenty mogul personally introduces the new trailer, which went live Thursday (Feb. 6), waving to the camera before she’s joined by a few of the film’s famous blue miniatures on screen.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
6 Feb. 2025
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Many a short film that is later expanded into a feature feels reverse-engineered for that specific purpose: an eye-catching taster of what is clearly intended as a larger work, though perhaps not wholly satisfying as a miniature.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Jan. 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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Eddie Murphy, who once rescued Saturday Night Live during a rough patch in the 1980s, rescued a sketch in the show’s 50th anniversary special with a note-perfect imitation of Tracy Morgan.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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From frame one, Bob Dylan, the creation, the idea, the trickster, the lone wolf, without attitude or affectation, your Dylan was no imitation.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
12 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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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 Patriots nab him at No. 4 in Dane’s most recent mock.—
Jacob Robinson,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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That’s why this mock is more about highlighting Washington’s needs.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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This industrial metaverse, as it’s known, refers to the web of advanced technologies like digital twin, IoT, AI, and virtual reality that come together to create immersive, real-time replications of industrial processes.—
Ethan Karp,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Another is that the viruses have begun to contain mutations that allow increased prospects for replication in human cells—increasing the potential for a widespread threat to humans.—
William A. Haseltine,
TIME,
3 Jan. 2025
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The near complete skull is demonstrated in a 3D reconstruction.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Yet without a political solution, reconstruction will do little over the long term.—
Maha Yahya,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Feb. 2025
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For example, teams transitioning from mock-ups to full-scale implementation can rely on the KMS to retain essential context, ensuring smooth handoffs and consistent progress.—
Sagi Eliyahu,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The mock-ups were meant to soar around the world on a suborbital trajectory, just like Starship, and reenter over the unpopulated Indian Ocean.—
Bradley Iger,
Ars Technica,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Simulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simulation. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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