noun
Etymology
Origin of replica
First recorded in 1815–25; from Italian: “reply, repetition,” derivative of replicare “to repeat” from Late Latin replicāre “to reply ”
Example Sentences
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“Creators’ intellectual property rights do not fully protect against AI-generated likeness and digital replicas, at least not through copyright alone,” said Lauren Diaz, a professor and technology law expert at Nova Southeastern University.
From Salon
His best-known series of sculptures, “Future Relics,” is visually arresting, featuring crumbling, ruin-like replicas of everyday objects including cameras, phones and CD players.
Falsified documents were used to hide the trail to China, and non-working "dummy" replica servers were kept in stock to fool auditors, according to the indictment.
From Barron's
Today it bears a plaque in English, French and Turkish reading: "The tiles before us are replicas."
From Barron's
These measures included staging “non-working” replicas of the company’s servers so that inspectors wouldn’t realize the real versions had been unlawfully sent to China, prosecutors claim.
From MarketWatch
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