as in simulation
a full-sized model of something (such as a boat or a car) that is used for studying, testing, or showing its features
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Recent Examples of mock-up
Cracks emerged across vertical columns in every mock-up test over a six-month period, the suit said.
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Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 4 May 2025
In a video uploaded Monday, Prosser shared recreated mock-ups of the mobile OS.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, teams transitioning from mock-ups to full-scale implementation can rely on the KMS to retain essential context, ensuring smooth handoffs and consistent progress.
—Sagi Eliyahu, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The company will test a small mock-up of the technology aboard the International Space Station following a launch to the station this summer.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 4 May 2025
In a video uploaded Monday, Prosser shared recreated mock-ups of the mobile OS.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, teams transitioning from mock-ups to full-scale implementation can rely on the KMS to retain essential context, ensuring smooth handoffs and consistent progress.
—Sagi Eliyahu, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The company will test a small mock-up of the technology aboard the International Space Station following a launch to the station this summer.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mock-up
Noun
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Ensuring the accuracy, reliability and transparency of simulations, as well as addressing privacy and ethical considerations, remains essential.—
Cecilia Shen,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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To investigate this phenomenon, this study used eight pre-existing glacier models and ran simulations stretching over centuries, predicting how each glacier will evolve in that timeframe.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
Noun
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The climax of this biopic in miniature, of course, is the crash, which, like Sully, dramatizes the cockpit transcript from the real-life event with word-for-word detail.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
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In addition, fans are excited to pick up official miniatures to paint and portray desperate battles between humans and Xenomorphs on the table top.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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The Harry Potter series has sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, according to its U.S. publisher Scholastic, and has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for 843 weeks and counting.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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If a gorilla mock charges (pounding its chest and sprinting toward you), resist every instinct to scream and run.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The Texans were able to snag him in the third round, and many mocks had the receiver going at the beginning of the second.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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At Vauxhall Gardens in London, for example, Frederick Prince of Wales built the structures in imitation of designs from the grounds of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
24 May 2025
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One memorable performance involved an artist who danced topless around the structural column, in imitation of an erotic dance.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
22 May 2025
Noun
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This behavior increases their chance of survival and reproduction.—
Harry Bernheim,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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Pesticides, even in small amounts, can impact bees’ immune system, navigation, memory and other functions that are critical to their survival and reproduction, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, which has a Chicago office and has worked to protect the environment since 1970.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
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
Noun
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What makes her fans stop this particular 28-year-old on the street, paint facsimiles of her freckles on their faces, and wait in line to buy her $20 smoothie collab at Erewhon?—
Alessandra Codinha,
Vogue,
20 May 2025
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For those unfamiliar, digital twins in the healthcare context are essentially intricate facsimiles of people in the digital ether, constructed from medical records, biometric signals, genomic data and behavioral patterns.—
Mika Newton,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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“Mock-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mock-up. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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