How to Use copycat in a Sentence

copycat

noun
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  • She called me a copycat for wearing the same dress.
  • In it, the wall-crawler comes face-to-face with a Spider-Man copycat.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Then the copycats come along and create their own version of the same.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • There's also a spike in the spring, and a wave of copycat threats in the wake of any mass school shooting.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Since Jigsaw has been dead for years, there's a copycat on the loose.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The exact message of that tweet spread with copycat versions of the post.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
  • And not a copycat, even though copying is the biggest sign of flattery.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • No one yet knew who had made the copycat Mirai that had attacked Dyn.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Now, the company is asking the courts to step in to prevent copycats.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2023
  • This gives most buyers at least a full three months to tuck away their copycat Girl Scout recipes and stock up on the real deal.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In March, Idaho became the first state to enact a copycat version of SB 8.
    — Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Top off this Chick-fil-A copycat recipe with your favorite condiment for the final touch.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Apple's thin heatsink is more advanced than the one in the copycat and enwraps most of the charger's transformer.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In January, the FDA warned against copycat eye drops because of the risk of infection.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • One anonymous copycat duct-taped a banana to what appears to be the walls of a New York subway station.
    — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2022
  • The Chinese copycat products have APO’s name but not its address.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
  • But other states followed Arizona’s lead, with copycat bills in over a dozen.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Since being banned, Trump has struggled to get his copycat platform, Truth Social, off the ground.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
  • And schools throughout Michigan were facing dozens of copycat threats.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2022
  • Herbivore Jade Facial Roller This jade face roller has been around for years—and prompted a ton of copycats.
    — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In 2020, Instagram launched the video-feature Reels, a near copycat of TikTok.
    — Carly Wanna, Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • But when something succeeds as well as Lee’s campaign did, there will be copycats.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2023
  • This copycat recipe tastes even better than the real thing, but don't tell Little Debbie.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Marie was able to get her procedure done before Gov. Kevin Sitt signed a copycat bill into law on May. 3.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 5 May 2022
  • But there was also the matter of copycat games that weren't run so innocently.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The two did it again for the Casamigos Halloween party at the end of October, though this time the copycat looks were intentional.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2022
  • This toy plays four songs that will keep everyone active through three modes: statues, dance mode and copycat.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Not surprisingly, in the copycat NFL, the Rams will have a lot of fellow teams auditing this opening round.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Dyn was the first major copycat attack, but many others followed.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • When app after app is a copycat, or a letdown, user fatigue builds.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 7 July 2023

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