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as in imitated
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp
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as in copied
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made
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Recent Examples of mimicked
Chiles, 24, cut loose in the routine, as her teammates mimicked her moves and cheered alongside the mat.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
As the man collapsed in agony, the robot mimicked his posture, drawing laughter from onlookers and instant viral fame online.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
There is extensive research on how the main Tanzanian opposition party Chadema mimicked CCM’s grassroots approach to party building.
—Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
The new drugs mimicked a small protein named GLP-1, which normally regulates blood sugar and digestion.
—Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
The bot mimicked her voice and likeness, but it was programmed with a personality unlike Alfonsi's.
—Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Later, other stars like Stevie Nicks, David Cassidy, and Mick Jagger mimicked the look in a more choppy, shaggy way with bangs, layers, and tons of texture—instead of the sleekness of the original look.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
The research team at Cornell’s Responsive Apparel Design Lab (RAD Lab) mimicked this structure in fabric to recreate the same effect in a scalable, wearable and easy-to-manufacture way.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Crucially, the scientists mimicked this process by creating an artificial neural network, and by applying a simple algorithm called gradient descent to increase the accuracy of its predictions.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mimicked
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And as the Kanneh-Mason clan grew, the younger siblings — as younger siblings do — imitated the bigger kids, a glorious chain reaction.—
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There was one take [where] every mannerism or gesture that Kim would do in her performance, Sarah imitated.—
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By temporarily shielding inventors from having their designs and technologies copied, patents give firms a chance to generate profits during their limited time at the top of the ladder.—
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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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Grande, who has been featured as a musical guest twice (once as part of her double-duty in 2016), sang, parodied and disappeared into characters all through the night, flexing her skillset as a host who’s game to try on costumes no matter how ridiculous, impressions no matter how far-fetched.—
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The cold open took place in the Oval Office and parodied a recent White House event about cutting the price of weight loss drugs, during which a man fainted behind the president.—
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This was the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, which was founded in 1971 in Lima, and aimed to create a community, especially involving young people, that emulated the closely supervised life of pre-Vatican II Catholicism.—
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Mounfield’s coffin was wrapped in a multi-coloured print which emulated the cover of the Stone Roses’ legendary 1989 debut record, while fans lining the street wore merchandise of the group.—
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Several protesters with megaphones frequently celebrated or mocked the assassination of Charlie Kirk, usually accompanying the taunts with profanity.—
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Tesla posted its second consecutive sales decline, losing its long‑held electric vehicle crown to a company the billionaire once mocked.—
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
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“Mimicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mimicked. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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