How To Use Copycat In A Sentence
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The gimmick is that copycat killings allow the series to combine the past and the present.
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She is just a copycat who follows her sister's lead in everything.
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A woman then attempted a copycat suicide yesterday morning.
The Sun
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In cases of apparent copycat crime, victims' families sometimes have sued movie or record companies on the theory that they are responsible for the crimes their products inspired.
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The copycat effect on other new mothers is worth hundreds of millions.
The Sun
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They're not copycats, though; understand what I'm saying here.
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Rep. Mike Ross, who flip-flopped on the public option and has authored an amendment that seems like a copycat of Max Baucus's no-good, terribly bad bill, has been in secretive talks with a Republican, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), for weeks.
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I wouldn't worry too much about copycat behaviour.
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The length of the sentence was intended as a deterrent against copycat attacks.
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Copycat journalists amplified this dubious academic research by claiming that teenage murderers were duplicating their favourite violent scenes.
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Legal action was promised against the copycats.
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In these circumstances we are almost bound to see an increase in copycat behaviour.
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“Ironically, then, it would seem that the authors of the ‘Copycats’ report, which delineates a wired-up Britain permeated by the ‘copycat’ tendency in the realm of digital artefacts, are themselves unconscious copycats, albeit of a different, more rarefied kind, in the realm of ideas.”
Entertainment industry bullshit
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Eric, I think what Lou is driving at, that if it were not related, it could be a nightmare situation involving so-called copycats, a copycat kind of killing.
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The quality was declining - with too many copycat programmes and not enough new, challenging TV.
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The firm became one of the web's huge success stories by offering cheap copycat dresses from the catwalk.
The Sun
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Although there are similarities between the two cases, the source said that there was no evidence of a copycat killing.
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The judge blasted television programmes such as Jackass for inspiring copycat crimes.
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The gimmick is that copycat killings allow the series to combine the past and the present.
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The firm became one of the web's huge success stories by offering cheap copycat dresses from the catwalk.
The Sun
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And it's not just teachers that are spoiling the fun: hairdressers, too, are warning potential copycats that such a style could cause finer, blond hair to break, and might even result in baldness.
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He is already fending off competition from copycats.
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In these circumstances we are almost bound to see an increase in copycat behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
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Any coverage of suicide is subject to copycat behaviour.
The Sun
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More copycats from the LA incident are to be expected in a three-day, one-week, and one-month anniversary cycle.
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Besides avoiding being a copycat, there are more than a few reasons why the title brainchildren of authors may be changed.
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Also be wary of copycat holiday websites.
The Sun
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Also, Tony, they say they're really -- it's unfortunate for them in this case that the letter was released publicly, because since it has been put out, they have been inundated with calls and e-mails from others, what they call copycats, and even "wackos" out there, pretty much just making some kind of claim about the crime as well.
CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2008
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The trend also invites a curious copycat syndrome.
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It's more the master showman's interest in not repeating himself, especially with copycats the world over reiterating the show he helmed a decade ago.
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The only possible downside is that it will probably spark a rush of copycat jukebox musical adaptations.
The Sun
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This means generic drug makers can legitimately produce cheaper copycat versions of the drugs.
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Contrary to popular belief, though, this was at the bidding of the director, not the censors, after a spate of copycat crimes.
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But this year the copycat quotient is off the scale.
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And yet when Stanley Kubrick's movie was linked to various copycat crimes in the early 70s, the director personally had it whipped out of circulation.
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Her albums have sold over eight million copies and established the template for the innumerable crossover copycats that have followed.
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But through it all, McInnis might just take solace in the fact that some of the most powerful politicians on the planet have been called copycats -- and fared pretty well post-scandal.
The Nation
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Because this virus has been spreading so successfully, copycats are taking advantage of it and have added many additional subject lines and email bodies.
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NATURE TOTS" PROGRAM, for 3 - and 4-year-olds, explore nature's "copycats" through pictures, games and crafts. 10: 30-11: 30 a.m. and 1-2 p.m.,
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Is there any danger, James Fox, that this kind of saturation coverage could actually inspire copycat crimes?
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Celebrity Justice is a spinoff of the celebrity buzz vehicle Extra - which is itself a copycat of the original entertainment newsmagazine, Entertainment Tonight, or ET as it's known to roughly eight million nightly viewers.
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But if there's anything worse than a fad product it's the copycats that try to piggyback on that popularity.
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Some are starting to say that the media has saturation coverage of these tragic incidents, perhaps are going overboard, perhaps are even inspiring potential copycat perpetrators.
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In these circumstances we are almost bound to see an increase in copycat behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
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The copycat phenomenon is a danger to which the media may be contributing.
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Yet a belief in copycat behaviour goes hand in hand with a low opinion of proletarian chavs, seeing a thug lurking under every baseball cap.
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Thousands have been hit with bills of up to 1,000 after using copycat sites for often free services such as passport applications.
The Sun
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And don't look now, but a top designer will soon be keeping up with some couture copycats for a line of affordable fashion.
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Open letter to live tweeting aborter Angie Jackson from father of teen who died from RU-486 abortion Pro-life group plays hardball with UCLA over graphic display of aborted babies Planned Parenthood of Houston plans posh grand opening gala for huge abortuary Hitler/abortion billboard makes international news; Polish pro-lifers on fire New Stanek WND column, "The copycat who stopped live tweeting her abortion
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It is common too for forensic scientists to experience identically profiled homicides in different countries at precisely the same time and well before media release, so they are not copycat killings.
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Stunts filmed for the show have been connected to many copycat incidents worldwide.
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The men who carried out both raids were Asian and detectives have not ruled out links between them but they are also considering that the second raid could have been a copycat crime.
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Well, we're in the process now of overreacting to fairly small, possibly in part copycat, improvised and wholly unpersuasive attacks, if we want to dignify them with that name.
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BLITZER: Eric, I think what Lou is driving at, that if it were not related, it could be a nightmare situation involving so-called copycats, a copycat kind of killing.
CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2002
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However, 44% of you feel that these reports should leave the gory details out and 39% feel they encourage copycat crimes.
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Ronnie also noted that using the media as a scapegoat leads people to ignore problems that may exist in the homes and schools of those who commit so-called copycat crimes.
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He learnt, albeit the hard way, that imitation or copycat music has no place on the international market, especially among the highly sophisticated American and European consumer publics.
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But there's an easy way to stay ahead of copycats, which is to change the formula slightly.
Buying Opportunities
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In these circumstances we are almost bound to see an increase in copycat behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
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With as much publicity and detail as this case has been given so far and will be given in the future, do you think it's going to spawn copycats?
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At any rate, would you like me to link to your informative post about 'copycats' Homer?
Say 'Hey'!
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The film was a big hit with staff and a wave of copycat killings ensued.
Times, Sunday Times
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Last autumn he visited the emergency room after accidentally clipping his finger in a hedge trimmer, which seemed quite dire relative to the wheezing infant of freaked-out first-time parents, an elderly woman who gargled citronella torch fuel she mistook for mouthwash, and a teenager too stoned to notice or mind that his right foot pointed back instead of front, the result of a Jackass copycat stunt gone bad.
Parents Behaving Badly
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Several copycat versions of the thigh cream appeared almost immediately, such as Skinny Dip.
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Your return is simply going to be dampened by other market copycats with the same idea.
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He has the first mover advantage, and Air Deccan is fast establishing itself as an alternative to the bigger airlines, and also beginning to generate clones and copycats.
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The Copycat Effect (NY: Simon and Schuster, 2004), and in forthcoming books, with further explorations in onomatology (the study of names) and toponomy (the study of places).
Twilight Language
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A rash of copycats, who now imitate the same trading tactics, will crimp his profit potential.
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Look out for dodgy investment schemes and copycat websites made to look like official sites.
The Sun
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Victims search for cheap flights and come across copycat websites offering bargain deals.
The Sun
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They are copycats, without alternative ideas, who are simply aping the tactics of conservatives (magazines, radio, blogs) in hope of similar success.
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Stone, meanwhile, is still facing a massive lawsuit alleging that Natural Born Killers, his satire of media exploitation of violence, is the cause of copycat killings.
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Contrary to popular belief, though, this was at the bidding of the director, not the censors, after a spate of copycat crimes.
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Some schools had copycat threats (two happened in suburban San Diego) others put new rules in effect, and many students used the event as a tool to get what they wanted.
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The opportunity might be in local "copycats", like Kelkoo in Europe.
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Crime reports in newspapers often encourage copycat crimes.
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When Rosenfeld took over in 2006, the world's second-largest food company after Nestlé was content just to maintain market share against rival cream cheese brands and private-label copycats.
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Raising legal objections to a trademark violation can take 18 months of investigation, so copycats have plenty of time to take advantage of the time gap.
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And literature will amount to the same thing: all writers are copycats.
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Taking their name from the gods of Afro-Cuban religion, this group is changing the way that Cubans express themselves in music, and spawning a lot of copycats in the process.
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Tilden is confident that the physics behind the robot that he spent 16 years designing will keep copycats at bay at least until next year.
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He's flattered by copycats and loves Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal, including the video sendup of Jackson's quirks.
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The strict precautions were imposed amid fears weapons could be smuggled inside to stage a copycat attack.
The Sun
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The loser of this copycat election will lament all the strategic gambits that fell short in the end.
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Among changes he would like to see are fewer "copycats" of popular drugs and limits on direct-to-consumer advertising, both topics that have drawn attention from lawmakers.
A Wolfe in Regulator's Clothing:
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Even if the bombings are being done by just one or a few individuals rather than as part of a crime syndicate, the last thing we want is for others to follow, copycat fashion.
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Thousands have been hit with bills of up to 1,000 after using copycat sites for often free services such as passport applications.
The Sun
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Bayliss struggles with his memories of the Adena Watson murder from Season One when a copycat crime (look for Chris Rock in a cameo here) reminds him of his most painful failure.
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The length of the sentence was intended as a deterrent against copycat attacks.
Times, Sunday Times
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The clothes were copycatted straight from designer originals.
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‘Other cultures are the copycats and the Italians are the inventors,’ Mr Muratore said.
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And don't steal their idea - a big warning on the front page reminds you there's a lawyer on retainer to thwart copycats.
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The strict precautions were imposed amid fears weapons could be smuggled inside to stage a copycat attack.
The Sun
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Kubrick himself banned its showing after a series of copycat crimes were attributed to the influence of the film.
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Police in Berlin are investigating whether an arson early today was a copycat crime.
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The length of the sentence was intended as a deterrent against copycat attacks.
Times, Sunday Times
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If they were smart, they would have patented the idea, and used it to sue all these other copycats.
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There were no copycat incidents, and Trondheim is again proud of its crime record.
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Any coverage of suicide is subject to copycat behaviour.
The Sun
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Although there are similarities between the two cases, the source said that there was no evidence of a copycat killing.
Times, Sunday Times
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What I really want to know is this - are these copycat crimes of stupidity, or is there just this global trend in trying to solve one's problems by cutting off the unit?
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These include a copycat of Andrx Labs LLC's Fortamet 500 milligram and 1 gram tablets for treating diabetes.
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This ludicrously overrated copycat director gives a nonperformance to temper the ardor of his most slavish fans.
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I hope someday that both countries become innovators, rather than lowballing copycats.
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I'm thinking about the NAACP's symbolic burial of the "N" word - it might be interesting to monitor the effects & impact of that - I'm not big on copycatting, but if the NAACPs actions prove effective, maybe a ceremonial "R" word cremation is in order.
Jig
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Also be wary of copycat holiday websites.
The Sun
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Is the anthrax scare merely a copycat crime, or is bioterrorism the next step in some larger coordinated offensive?
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It really matters now, now we can see that copycat politics is a busted flush.
Times, Sunday Times
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The copycat phenomenon is a danger to which the media may be contributing.
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Of course, I have had the world of the internet at my fingertips, and with that the in-exhaustible lists of "copycat" recipe sites out there.
Archive 2009-01-01
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I wouldn't worry too much about copycat behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
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A woman then attempted a copycat suicide yesterday morning.
The Sun
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Bright Leaf functions as a kind of dramatized home movie for/of his own relatives that keep me more interested in his films even as I grow annoyed with most of his copycats.
Cinematical
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The airline will triple the fuel tax on long-haul flights from £2.50 to between £6 and £8 in a move likely to trigger a wave of copycat hikes among other airlines.
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The riot and rooftop protest lasted 25 days and sparked copycat disturbances in jails across Britain.
Times, Sunday Times
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Look out for dodgy investment schemes and copycat websites made to look like official sites.
The Sun
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Is the anthrax scare merely a copycat crime, or is bioterrorism the next step in some larger coordinated offensive?
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The film was a big hit with staff and a wave of copycat killings ensued.
Times, Sunday Times
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Victims search for cheap flights and come across copycat websites offering bargain deals.
The Sun
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In an effort to clamp down on the production of such copies, Linchtenberg hired a private investigator to hang around furniture markets in the city and other areas to spot copycats.
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In truth, they are the handiwork of Kilmer Sheehy copycats.
