emulate
verb (used with object)
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass.
have emulated
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present perfectof emulate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nineteen states have emulated Arizona’s pioneering law that requires students to pass a civics test before graduating from high school.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
There is also the theory that Russian coaches have emulated the Swedish model — even translating a Swedish manual for goaltending technique into Russian.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
If they do so, they will have emulated Rocha and his team-mates, who caused a major upset by knocking Liverpool out of the Champions League last 16 in 2006.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2022
Of all the people aspiring hockey player and future Kraken defenseman Haydn Fleury could have emulated growing up, the only one that really got his attention was his babysitter.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
Had he had a full stomach, and food in his pockets, he might, perhaps, safely have emulated this cunning trick of the partridge.
From The Backwoodsmen by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
