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as in pictures
a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing
the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness
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as in images
something or someone that strongly resembles another
why, you're the very likeness of your mother!
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Recent Examples of likenesses
The company also boasts access to the voices and likenesses of Stan Lee, Judy Garland, David Hasselhoff, and more.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
Unfortunately, the complications around the NIL deals and player likenesses still make that a no-go for EA.
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Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2026
The location, behind the Sheraton Hotel, already hosts the likenesses of restaurateurs Lina Fat, Biba Caggiano and Randy Paragary, and food connoisseur Darrell Corti.
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Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
In the finale, however, while going through the mail, Jimmy discovers the company has been secretly making millions by selling the voices and digital likenesses of their dead clients.
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Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Other actors and personalities whose voices and likenesses are available through ElevenLabs include include Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Burt Reynolds, David Hasselhoff and Albert Einstein.
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Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
27 May 2026
Also fascinating were their contrasting likenesses, dark against light housed in the same being, a human eclipse.
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Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
To that point, a college coach suing the NCAA could make NCAA member schools less likely to hire that coach, a consequence that Ed O’Bannon experienced after suing the NCAA over unauthorized use of college athletes’ likenesses in video games.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 May 2026
Those likenesses, uncanny in the way a dog and its owner might begin to resemble one another, are unmistakable while paging through Chelsea Hotel, a new collection of Scopin’s photographs taken in and around the historic locale between 1969 and 1971.
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Curbed Editors,
Curbed,
13 May 2026
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
Unfortunately, the complications around the NIL deals and player likenesses still make that a no-go for EA.
—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2026
The location, behind the Sheraton Hotel, already hosts the likenesses of restaurateurs Lina Fat, Biba Caggiano and Randy Paragary, and food connoisseur Darrell Corti.
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Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
In the finale, however, while going through the mail, Jimmy discovers the company has been secretly making millions by selling the voices and digital likenesses of their dead clients.
—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Other actors and personalities whose voices and likenesses are available through ElevenLabs include include Michael Caine, Judy Garland, Burt Reynolds, David Hasselhoff and Albert Einstein.
—
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
27 May 2026
Also fascinating were their contrasting likenesses, dark against light housed in the same being, a human eclipse.
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Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
To that point, a college coach suing the NCAA could make NCAA member schools less likely to hire that coach, a consequence that Ed O’Bannon experienced after suing the NCAA over unauthorized use of college athletes’ likenesses in video games.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 May 2026
Those likenesses, uncanny in the way a dog and its owner might begin to resemble one another, are unmistakable while paging through Chelsea Hotel, a new collection of Scopin’s photographs taken in and around the historic locale between 1969 and 1971.
—
Curbed Editors,
Curbed,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for likenesses
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Other pictures on unofficial Telegram channels showed residents crowding into underground stations.
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Ranging from the film pioneer Georges Méliès all the way through 2024’s Anora, Thomson’s survey covers silent pictures, the talkies, the studio era, the New Hollywood, and the age of streaming.
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Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
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Second, brighter satellites also create streaks in telescope images that mar observations.
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Alongside artist and archival producer Hudson Campbell, who created oil portraits of the four central figures, the team leaned on AI to add animation, movement, expression, and immediacy to people whose likenesses were absent from history.
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The Pompadour Suite is theatrical in its own way, with dramatic portraits, antique furnishings, and oak floors.
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Where a genuinely historic one doesn’t exist, owners are building replicas to recreate the elegance of a past era.
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Other items in the store run from the inexpensive — like $5 collectible stickers and magnets — to the more lavish, such as official FIFA soccer balls for $200 and miniature replicas of the World Cup trophy for $250.
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The South Beach school’s 1975-‘76 yearbook was a patriotic red, white and blue and illustrations of the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and the American Eagle.
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Schematics, facility maps, aerial photographs, engineering drawings, cutaway illustrations, and previously unfamiliar archival images reveal the extraordinary complexity of the undertaking.
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This is especially true for premium merchandise priced over $1,000, where buyers face the highest financial risk, the authors of the report said, adding that full-body rendering has emerged as the clear consumer preference, capturing 80 percent of user engagement over basic AI twins.
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And, if no team could, how would the twins respond to being separated for the first time since their zygote days?
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But Comer and Jackman’s roles reverse the ballad’s depictions.
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O’Connor’s harrowing depictions of the effects of irresistible grace on the willfully self-damned aren’t everyone’s chalice of wine.
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Vital to the Southers’ battle plan is the use of genetic infantrymen, a battalion of clones whose thoughts can be downloaded on to a chip and reused if the host body is destroyed.
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Statistically, Llamas and Kyles are virtual clones in some categories.
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“Likenesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likenesses. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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