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as in image
a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing
the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness
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as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another
why, you're the very likeness of your mother!
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as in resemblance
the quality or state of having many qualities in common
the forgery was difficult to detect due to the pinpoint likeness it bore to the original
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Recent Examples of likeness
This isn’t necessarily because these models are creating a more accurate likeness of the world.
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Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 7 Jan. 2026
With name, image and likeness payments and the rampant use of the transfer portal, Spencer believes part of the essence of college football is being lost.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
This journey was born of individual states granting student athletes the right to monetize their name, image and likeness (NIL), without jeopardizing their amateur status, an initiative the NCAA had been unwilling to take on.
—Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Several of the plaintiffs also said they weren’t paid for the use of their likeness to promote Rockelle’s content, while all of them alleged there were times they had been promised compensation for work and appearances, but were never paid.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
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The images revealed both the mass and an affected lymph node, confirming the presence of cancer cells.—
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Creates reminders, clicks hands-free images Cai sees the robot as a bridge for the modern family.—
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The original bell was replaced on the underwater ship with a replica, engraved with the 29 sailors' names on it.—
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The private museum also has a replica of Sputnik 1, Project Apollo displays, and an Engine Evolution area that lets visitors get a close-up view of rocket engines and jet turbines.—
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The radical republic that replaced it bore little resemblance to the partner of 1778, having descended into chaos, executions, and ideological extremism that threatened neighboring states.—
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Apart from being an actor, Lewis bears a striking resemblance to his dad.—
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The movement is considered a response to the ever-present and growing sense of alienation among people, as well as a rejection of the traditional depictions of everyday life in Eastern Europe.—
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Pormanove, 46, was also known online for completing extreme challenges on livestreams, and his death drew public scrutiny for — and an investigation by French authorities into — the streaming platform Kick for allowing creators to share videos that include depictions of physical and verbal abuse.—
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One image Emerald showed me was this amazing 1950s picture of a woman wrapped up in cellophane, like a gift with a bow around the middle.—
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After this weekend, the Sharks begin a tough four-game road trip with games against Washington, Detroit, Florida, and Tampa Bay — all teams in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.—
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Mpro, an enzyme that allows SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in host cells, holds structural similarities.—
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Researchers began to explore representational similarity among AI models with this approach in the mid-2010s and found that different models’ representations of the same concepts were often similar, though far from identical.—
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In this intimate portrait of life during the exhilarating early days of the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia in the 1970s, Pernille Ipsen tells the stories of the seven women who raised her, who were all part of the women’s movement in Denmark.—
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Elizabeth was often photographed wearing them to galas and other royal occasions, and sat for a portrait with the jewels in the 1950s.—
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The pair welcomed twins Alexander and Ella in June 2017.—
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Tommy is the first born of the twins.—
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“Likeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likeness. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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