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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 apes
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 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
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More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for apes
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Spoofing happens when a scammer copies someone’s social media profile, such as their name, photos and other details, to create a fake account that looks real.—
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Think about Nobu — everybody copies their rolls.—
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Its light imitates an actual sunrise, gradually going from red to bright white.—
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The style imitates that of many social media influencers, who seek to keep their content dynamic.—
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For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.—
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Credit to producers Tim Zinnemann and George Linder for selecting a veritable array of brutes to wage battle with Arnold.—
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Everything from the stunning lighting design (courtesy of Justin Townsend) to Groff's crooning vocals emulates a '50s night club.—
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Last week, my colleague Scott Wapner sat down with McIlroy and his business partner Todd Sisitsky to discuss their investment in TGL, which athletes McIlroy emulates in business, his recent Masters and Ryder Cup victories, and, of course, his latest thoughts on LIV Golf.—
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Additionally, the film will finally unite the Avengers with several actors from Fox's X-Men films, which took place in a separate universe that will presumably crash into Disney's MCU.—
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For some modern actors cast in projects set in the past, getting their face to match the era their film or series is set in can take a bit of doing—or un-doing.—
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Sorkin finds no heroes but also no villains.—
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There’s also a massive leg lumbering in the distance which could be a Sentinel, the gigantic, mutant-hunting robots that are some of X-Men’s most iconic villains.—
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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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“Apes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apes. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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