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is aping
  • present progressive of ape (3rd person singular).

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If Adobe users ask the system for an image in the style of a particular artist, "it won't generate an image that is aping that person's style," Greenfield said.

From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023

Paramount is aping what’s worked for big NFT projects in the past; the Star Trek NFTs will depict “algorithmically-generated starships” and can be purchased at the low, low price of $250 per pack.

From The Verge • Apr. 6, 2022

“A Most Violent Year” reaches for the moral ambiguity of the films it is aping, using its period settings and costumes as support, rather than substitution, for the complex characters within them.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020

His company is aping Instagram’s monetization model through sponsorships and advertising, but is not yet profitable.

From Forbes • Nov. 8, 2013

"I suppose," exclaimed his father that evening, "that the child has been tutored out of her simple ways, and is aping the great lady with fine feathers and all that!"

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie