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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copycatted
Verb
  • The art establishment often drew on, if not directly copied, Kusama’s work.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Much of the content generated promoted an organization called the International Burke Institute (IBI), the website of which features articles copied from real academic writing, sometimes with false attribution.
    Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded.
    Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach.
    Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • However, another email reproduced in the filing states that after about a week, Sotheby’s removed the photograph from its website at the request of the artist’s representative.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Others snapped selfies holding physical copies of Hard Court and marveled at the chestnut burrs—that emulated the look of tennis balls—placed around the shop.
    Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Liccardo pitched the framework as a legislative model that could be emulated across levels of local government in the Bay Area to create region-wide protection against potential ICE facilities.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Many parents believe travel provides educational experiences that cannot be replicated in a classroom.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In doing so, NYCG can create a paradigm-shifting model, providing a blueprint for how FAM could be embedded within future grocery stores and replicated nationwide.
    Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Written and rendered by dudes who longed for unlimited success, these are songs about cheating and being cheated on and trying but failing to be content, or love as lived amid capitalist indulgence.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Hopkins said modern safety design wraps uranium fuel pellets in multiple layers of heavy-duty ceramics and graphite casing, and they’re rendered inert when separated.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
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“Copycatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copycatted. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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