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as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the child is a carbon copy of his father
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
a clothing company that makes carbon copies of designer duds
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Recent Examples of carbon copy
Just enough time for Sandwich to go over 60 yards on an inbound from Devin Mahoney to Connolly then to Daniel Oman for a carbon copy cross-crease, top shelf goal like Hanlon’s first for the 3-3 tie with 3.5 seconds left in the first half.
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Brian Fabry, Boston Herald, 15 June 2024
The rest of the weekend forecast is essentially a carbon copy until Sunday when temperatures climb up to near 60.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Liverpool’s third goal against Manchester United was a carbon copy of that drill as Conor Bradley combined with Mohamed Salah down the right, Diogo Jota’s shot was parried and Tsimikas tucked away the rebound.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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
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Brian Fabry, Boston Herald, 15 June 2024
The rest of the weekend forecast is essentially a carbon copy until Sunday when temperatures climb up to near 60.
—Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Liverpool’s third goal against Manchester United was a carbon copy of that drill as Conor Bradley combined with Mohamed Salah down the right, Diogo Jota’s shot was parried and Tsimikas tucked away the rebound.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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
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With an authentication rate of 99.1% and a database of over 50 million reference images, the company provides indispensable tools for brands and consumers alike.Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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In a recent social media video, a German mother surprised her daughter with a birthday cake featuring an image of Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Newsweek has reached out to Mangione's legal team via email for comment.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
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Click here for a free copy of a full Strategic Business Planning tool.George Bradt, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Within months the Vestron release had sold 1 million copies, making it at the time the biggest-selling home-video release ever.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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This data can also be leveraged to create a digital twin that simulates physical assets of your warehouse.Manoj Gujarathi, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The stories of Jimmy, the twins, Charlie and Raisin aren’t without pathos.Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Florence, with its rich Renaissance heritage, attracts art buyers seeking original masterpieces or high-quality reproductions.Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Every year like clockwork, trees across a stretch of 1,500 kilometers, from England to Italy, synchronize their reproduction in a spectacle known as masting.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Counterfeit sneakers often feature near-perfect replicas, with counterfeiters even soliciting feedback to improve their products.Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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The Dot Experience addresses this challenge by creating accessible, multisensory experiences, such as media pods and 3D replicas, throughout the museum.M. Leona Godin, AFAR Media, 3 Jan. 2025
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Barnes’ snaps of her beau have included a sweet post from September 2023 of the couple in the middle of an embrace, an October 2024 picture posing with Ewers donning his UT Austin gear and on the field with the football star in December 2024.Francesca Gariano, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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The robot takes a picture of homework but doesn’t just dish out answers.Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Rise Of Synthetic Identity Fraud And Social Engineering Synthetic identity fraud is where scammers use AI to clone voices, alter videos or fabricate identities to commit online fraud and deception, or to pass identity verification checks.Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, who specializes digital forensics and has written about AI voice clones, conducted a biometric comparison of audio clips from Musk and Dittmann, sharing the results on his LinkedIn profile.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Writers didn’t just take down their portraits of Hemingway and put up portraits of Borges, as a French critic said Calvino had done.Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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In the other direction, Elisabeth’s portrait also hovers over them.Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Carbon copy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon%20copy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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