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as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another
this new digital camera is a carbon of a well-known model costing almost twice as much
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
the bell tower is a carbon of an earlier one that toppled in an earthquake
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Recent Examples of carbon
Former President Joe Biden promoted policies meant to cut carbon emissions by boosting EV sales, but Trump has long signaled a desire to roll those back.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 June 2025
Earth science missions focused on carbon monitoring and climate change, as well as programs aimed at education and workforce diversity, would be effectively erased by the cuts.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
Machine learning algorithms can forecast future energy needs based on route patterns and passenger volumes, enabling energy providers to better balance grid loads and reduce carbon emissions.
—Hemanth Volikatla, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, indoor cultivation shifts the environmental burden to energy use and carbon emissions rather than water withdrawal.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 June 2025
Earth science missions focused on carbon monitoring and climate change, as well as programs aimed at education and workforce diversity, would be effectively erased by the cuts.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
Machine learning algorithms can forecast future energy needs based on route patterns and passenger volumes, enabling energy providers to better balance grid loads and reduce carbon emissions.
—Hemanth Volikatla, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, indoor cultivation shifts the environmental burden to energy use and carbon emissions rather than water withdrawal.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carbon
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Its twin, Universal Terra Luna, is a bit further, diagonal from the park.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The twins, who traveled from Arizona alongside Stinnett’s wife, are angling for a revolutionary twist where the two will be cast on the same season without the rest of the contestants knowing their relationship.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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While training a frontier AI model is expensive, running additional copies of it is cheap, and the associated costs are rapidly getting cheaper.—
Luke Drago,
Time,
30 May 2025
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According to Florida’s Medicaid website, out-of-state providers who have treated one of its enrollees must submit five documents to bill the program, including a six-page application, a copy of the provider’s license, and a claim form.—
Arielle Zionts,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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The Ivy League institution previously housed the images, believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved African people in the United States, in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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Lee Jun-seok has sought to burnish his image as a center-right reformer who is committed to conservative policies but rejects the insulated, outdated political culture of the conservative political establishment.—
Jong Eun Lee,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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This behavior increases their chance of survival and reproduction.—
Harry Bernheim,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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Not to get all political right away, but every single frame of this series as a whole, and this season in particular, is colored by the inescapable pressure of fertility and reproduction at all costs.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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The precision-engineering racing rig (offered in yellow, green, blue, and orange) puts the driver into a detailed replica of a racing cockpit.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The top of the 2024 replica ring doesn’t detach, but championship pendants can be purchased separately for $249 apiece.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2025
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The Grand Army of the Republic The Republic's clone army, under the leadership of Jedi generals, faces off against the Separatists' droids.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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Over the course of an hour, the Stand-Up Emmy Roundtable covered everything from clones to cocaine to cancellation.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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The statistics paint a sobering picture of young adult mortality.—
Charell G. Coleman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Now, court records and interviews paint a chilling picture of the suspect's yearlong plot to firebomb a pro-Israel protest walk on a sunny Sunday afternoon.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Biotech ingredients are nature-identical, genetic duplicates of the real thing.—
Joshua Britton,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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The baby that results from that is an exact genetic duplicate of the original donor animal.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Carbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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