carbon copy

noun

Synonyms of carbon copy next

: a copy made by carbon paper

: duplicate

is a carbon copy of his father

Examples of carbon copy in a Sentence

I'll need a carbon copy of that receipt. She's a carbon copy of her mother.

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Possible X factors Of course, the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections are not carbon copies of each other. —

Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024 But your new character, Gabby, is not just a carbon copy of Barbra Jean, right? —

Josef Adalian, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024 The wheel route touchdown Justin Herbert threw to running back Kimani Vidal in the first half looked like a carbon copy of the play Seattle hit for a touchdown in Week 1. —

Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2024 Projects to resurrect animals that have gone extinct more recently — the mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tiger — are reaching an inflection point, although the goal is to create a hybrid approximation of those creatures, not carbon copies. —

Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for carbon copy