Example Sentences

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The Boston Associates’ cotton mills quickly gained a competitive edge over the smaller mills established by Samuel Slater and those who had imitated him.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Rocket used to sell its clones to the companies it had imitated, such as eBay and Groupon.

From Economist • Oct. 2, 2014

He said he wished the Met had imitated the Opera Theater of St. Louis, which, before it presented the opera in 2011, held interfaith discussions on the work and its themes to educate the community.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2014

Yet, in its first major screen version, the saga played to today’s audiences like a pale imitation of the movies that had imitated it.

From Time • Mar. 11, 2012

Some eight of those nearby had been jerking their bills, which he had imitated as if the act were catching, and now, with these same eight, he found himself on pinion in the horizontal air.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White