as in to imitate
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
was caught aping the substitute teacher's thick accent
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Recent Examples of ape
Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
There are high columns crawling with ivy, nearly 12 acres of rolling lawns, teensy windows with teensy shutters, and a diminutive pool house that apes a fairy-tale cottage.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2025
Susan Morrison, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
This opposable-toed ape co-existed with the same hominin species as one of our most famous ancestors–Lucy.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Nov. 2025
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Ryback shows the younger man's relaxation-as-growth around impressive set pieces, including a segment of aping famed concert pianists Alfred Brendel and Glenn Gould as well as Hoffman's blistering rant after a visit to Dachau.
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And then all the ape movies were on around Thanksgiving.
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James said while walking through the venue, imitating her excitement.—
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When anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois took over CBS Evening News last year, part of the network’s strategy was to imitate a local news format, with a genial cast of personalities reporting from the field.—
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Israeli attacks weakened Iran’s regional armed proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollahwhile US strikes dealt significant damage to the country’s nuclear program, which the government spent billions to develop.—
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Still, a lot of work is needed before the nuclear rockets of the future fly to space.—
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That the officiant would be a giant anthropoid jar of mayo named Manny Mayo was actually too good to be true.—
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By never breaking the anthropoid conceit — keeping Williams a chimp from working-class childhood obscurity to adult pop-stardom — Better Man evolves into the most honest and exploratory showbiz movie ever made.—
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Snag it in black to emulate Aniston or choose from four other versatile colors including burgundy and heather gray.—
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Because if Philly can emulate any of its offensive firepower from a season ago, its defense is absolutely still a championship-caliber one.—
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This has unintended consequences when both Batel and Spock share a vision that sends Spock into a berserk rage.—
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But that was before Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear and before UConn star Paige Bueckers went absolutely berserk, scoring 40 in the Sweet 16.—
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Friendly goats treat downward dog posers as their own obstacle courses, scrambling atop yogis who may just find that supporting the weight of their agile farm friends is a surprisingly vigorous — and hilarious — core workout.—
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Rideshare posers have also allegedly raped passengers.—
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Thiols are responsible for the distinctive aromas of skunk spray and ripe durian; they’re also added to natural gas to provide a detectable rotten-egg smell at even trace levels.—
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Some owls will hunt the wildlife that raids our garbage cans, like skunks and opossums.—
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This, however, poses a major problem in other fields, as the data cannot be copied without corrupting it.—
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Court decisions, state laws and licensing contracts are other sources of protection against a team’s name and logo being copied without consent.—
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“Ape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ape. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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