Thesaurus results for MIMICKED

mimicked

verb

past tense of mimic

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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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 This gave confidence that the simulant accurately mimicked lunar conditions. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 Led by Jean-Philippe Mateta, almost the entire Crystal Palace team leapt into the air, extended one leg and mimicked their team-mate performing his traditional corner-flag kick. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 When presented with blank pages, the children started drawing rows of even marks that mimicked the appearance of letters. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 These artificial torsos were constructed of plastics that mimicked the density of human tissue, bone and organs, and each was equipped with more than 5,600 radiation sensors on and in them. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026 And each office door mimicked a storefront similar to shopping arcade structures. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 In a pilot clinical trial in Alabama, 40 adults with cocaine use disorder received either a single dose of psilocybin or a placebo that mimicked some of its side effects. — Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026 Greenlaw watched the full-team portion of practice from behind the defense near John Lynch and Shanahan and mimicked running the plays. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Tahiliani staged a brief presentation with models in his latest designs — the most standout being a series of gowns with foam corsets that mimicked the human torso, draped with fabrics in the same color. — CNN Money, 30 July 2026

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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

Definition of imitated

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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

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These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
In Mel Brooks’ parody fashion, the Spaceballs team parodied Marvel’s Hall H panels with an expansive Spaceballs Cinematic Universe, stretching across 180-degree screens in the room.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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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

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Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Trump has all but severed America’s system of alliances, mocked and bullied Ukraine’s president, and showered praise upon Kim Jong Un.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

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