as in to mimic
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Among the innovations was Modern Meadow, a U.S.-based company founded in 2011 in Nutley, N.J., that has developed a material combining a soy protein structure and a nylon matrix to mimic closely the natural properties of collagen found in leather.—
Cristina Manfredi,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025 -
What To Know Stanford Medicine researchers have identified a naturally occurring molecule, BRP, that mimics the appetite-suppressing effects of semaglutide while potentially avoiding some of its side effects, such as nausea, constipation, and muscle loss.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Compared to 2005, when Green said the writers struggled to source toys or prove to their lawyers that something existed to parody, the rise of YouTube and social media means nothing stays niche anymore.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2025
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The staple segment offers a satirical take on the news and often parodies current events with a sense of sarcasm and deadpan humor that fans have come to know and love.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Only that genteel veneer soon gives way to a more scathing national x-ray, satirizing post-Brexit malaise alongside broader issues of immigration and national identity.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Coen brothers took their inspiration from the films of Preston Sturgess and Frank Capra, among others, but the intent was never to satirize or parody those films.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
31 Dec. 2024
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Gone were the regal ceremony and traditionalism, replaced by a humility intended to imitate Christ’s poverty.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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Xi has no reason to imitate Putin’s reckless break with Europe and the United States.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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President Trump has targeted Canada over fentanyl, despite less than 1% of fentanyl seizures occurring on the northern border; transgender people, who account for just over 1% of the U.S. population; and USAID funding, which accounts for less than 1% of the federal budget.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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The company is also looking to expand the Apollo robotaxi program abroad, likely targeting the UAE first.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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For example, Obama has caricatured critics of his Syria policy as either uninformed or proponents of a military campaign on the scale of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.—
Kori Schake,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2016
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The connection between Nafisi and Bahri is presented with complexity and without sentimentality, neither papering over political differences nor caricaturing Bahri as a generic revolutionary.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Nicholson's fireworks would be subsequently aped, and amped up to over-the-top proportions, by other actors and by the future Batman villain himself.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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But, for the most part, all of these experiences pale in comparison to the other games that are being aped, the ones that are the apex of their genre.—
Echo Apsey,
Rolling Stone,
20 Dec. 2024
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Thus, lawsuits that are designed to harass folks into shutting up about something, or to retaliate against them for exercising their free speech rights, are thrown out of court very quickly.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Yet time and time again, those under orders keep their guns, give them to a friend or family member or find other ways to obtain one — then use them to harass, shoot or kill those who sought protection or others.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Take off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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