copycatted

past tense of copycat
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as in imitated
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom

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Verb
  • The Giants organization handed their keys to a first-timer learning on the fly, and the result is a team that looks like it was copied and pasted together into a PowerPoint presentation.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Logos can be more convincingly copied.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • For example, a recent United Nations study recently pointed to predictive policing as an example of how racial biases are reproduced through technology.
    Jay Ganglani, Fortune Asia, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The prints, stored at a San Francisco arthouse for some time, were reproduced from 1839 to 1843 from Bodmer's works during his journey with Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But, if the industry works together on a transformational model with transparency at its core – and then that model gets emulated in other industries – that will go a long way toward reversing the detrimental trends of business as usual.
    Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Even Hong Kong, which for more than two years had emulated mainland China in maintaining stringent border controls, has decided to end all hotel quarantine requirements for international arrivals.
    Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2022
Verb
  • Property managers are specifically targeting events and experiences that cannot be replicated on the internet.
    Kristin Mueller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The researchers will investigate further to see whether these effects can be replicated in human cells.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Advances in technology have rendered phishing more accessible to cybercriminals.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Initially hopeful for a recovery and return to racing, the extent and persistence of his injuries rendered that aspiration unattainable.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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