as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier
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Recent Examples of mirror image
It could be considered a sign of ambivalence toward her mirror image, or the body image created through internalizing the gaze of the other.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Founded in 2009, eXp Realty is a mirror image of its CEO’s ambition.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Some medications are based on molecules that are mirror images of natural molecules.
—Eva Amsen, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
The artist’s approach to the duality in Till’s image is to reproduce himself with an original and a mirror image side by side.
—Yinka Elujoba, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Founded in 2009, eXp Realty is a mirror image of its CEO’s ambition.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Some medications are based on molecules that are mirror images of natural molecules.
—Eva Amsen, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
The artist’s approach to the duality in Till’s image is to reproduce himself with an original and a mirror image side by side.
—Yinka Elujoba, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mirror image
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirror image
Noun
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To believe that churches can direct the laity on how to vote, whether for members of the school board or for the president of the country, is to deny the Christian teaching that all humans are made in the image of God and can understand and follow his will themselves.—
Esau McCaulley,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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It was also found in archive images going back 19 years, which allowed astronomers to compute its orbit.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Survivors include his wife, Maxine, an interior designer and artist; his children, Daisy, Doug, Sam and twins Jake and Zack; his grandchildren, Spencer, Jasper, Sienna, Ryan and Charlotte; and his daughters-in-law, Brett and Leah.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
21 July 2025
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Smile sadly at her, his face an eerie twin of her own.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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The luxury real estate development was designed to emulate the City of Lights, featuring its own Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Élysées, and a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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Season 3 ended on a major cliffhanger: Both the original Nathan and his replica were captured by evil tech billionaires, and only one of them survived.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Actor Paddy Considine shared a picture of Osbourne on Instagram.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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For trucking cases where liability can hinge on a phone interaction seconds before impact, logical extraction provides an incomplete and potentially misleading picture.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Everyone knows the clones that served alongside General Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau, though.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
4 July 2025
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Tatiana Maslany anchors this Canadian potboiler with her portrayal of about a dozen (give or take) clones all built from the same original.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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There’s also a portrait of an adult Dolly in the lobby on the opposite side of the lobby.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The ever-changing portraits on display in the Sun Room communicated this idea without any words of translation.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Regarding the duplicates, Mawari said that many Arab American and Muslim residents in Dearborn have similar names, even within families, and so many of the duplicates may actually be different people.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
26 July 2025
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This means updating any missing or incomplete data and removing duplicates.—
Nikolaus Kimla,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirror%20image. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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